Clothes drying hanger

Abstract

To provide a clothes drying hanger that allows adjustment of the height at which the items to be hung are suspended. [Solution] The clothes drying hanger H of the present invention comprises a plurality of arm parts 1 for suspending the object to be hung, a support part 2 that supports the plurality of arm parts 1, and a suspension part 3 provided on the support part 2 and suspending the support part 2 and the plurality of arm parts 1. The suspension portion 3 is characterized by having an upper hook portion 31 provided near its upper end and which engages with an external locking portion, and a lower hook portion 32 provided near the middle portion of the suspension portion 3 and which engages with an external locking portion.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a drying hanger for laundry or the like that can be used when drying, for example, washed clothing items.

Background Art

[0002] When drying washed clothing items indoors or outdoors, a scene where the clothing items are hung and dried via a drying hanger on a drying stand or a hanger rack, etc., where a hanger bar is bridged between the upper ends of a pair of poles (struts) extending in the vertical direction, is often seen.

[0003] As such a drying hanger, for example, the one disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is well-known. In this document, a laundry drying tool is disclosed that has a rod-shaped portion that is vertically arranged and forms the skeleton of the drying hanger, a hook provided above the rod-shaped portion for suspending the drying hanger, and a plurality of arms provided radially below the rod-shaped portion for suspending the laundry.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0004]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] However, since the laundry drying tool of Patent Document 1 has only one hook, there is a problem that the height position for suspending the suspended object such as laundry is fixed and cannot be adjusted.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a drying hanger that can adjust the height position for suspending the suspended object.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides the following means.

[0008] [1] Multiple arm sections for suspending the object to be suspended, A support portion that supports the plurality of arm portions, It comprises a suspension part provided on the support part and suspending the support part and the plurality of arm parts, The clothes drying hanger is characterized in that the hanging portion has an upper hook portion provided near its upper end and which engages with an external locking portion, and a lower hook portion provided near the middle of the hanging portion and which engages with the external locking portion.

[0009] [2] The clothes drying hanger according to item 1 above, wherein the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion are provided facing opposite directions.

[0010] [3] The clothes drying hanger according to paragraph 1 or 2, wherein the hanging portion has a gripping portion between the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion that connects the base end of the upper hook portion to the tip or base end of the lower hook portion, and that connects the lower side of the opening of the upper hook portion to the base or tip of the lower hook portion.

[0011] [4] The clothes drying hanger according to any one of paragraphs 1 to 3 above, wherein at least one of the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion is provided with a fixing portion for fixing the hanging portion to the external locking portion. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] According to the invention of [1], the hanging part has an upper hook portion provided near its upper end and which engages with an external locking portion, and a lower hook portion provided near the middle of the hanging part and which engages with an external locking portion. This makes it easier to position a clothes hanger on an external locking portion provided at a higher position via the upper hook portion. Also, by positioning the clothes hanger on the external locking portion via the lower hook portion, the object to be hung can be suspended at a higher position, making it easier to prevent the object to be hung from coming into contact with the ground or floor. In this way, since the clothes hanger can be positioned on the external locking portion via the upper hook portion or the lower hook portion, the height at which the object to be hung is suspended can be adjusted.

[0013] According to the invention of [2], the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion are arranged in opposite directions, which improves the weight balance of the clothes hanger.

[0014] According to the invention of [3], the hanging portion is provided with a gripping portion between the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion, which connects the base end of the upper hook portion to the tip or base end of the lower hook portion, and also connects the lower side of the opening of the upper hook portion to the base or tip of the lower hook portion. As a result the gripping portion has a certain width, it is possible to grip the clothes hanger through the gripping portion. Furthermore, because it is possible to grip the clothes hanger, it is also possible to carry the clothes hanger with the object to be hung suspended from it.

[0015] According to the invention of [4], since at least one of the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion is provided with a fixing portion for fixing the hanging portion to the external locking portion, the hanging portion (clothes hanger) can be fixed to the external locking portion via the hook portion on which the fixing portion is provided, thereby preventing the clothes hanger from coming off the external locking portion. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0016] [Figure 1] This is a perspective view showing the clothes drying hanger of this embodiment with multiple arms extended. [Figure 2]This is a front view showing the state where a plurality of arm portions of the drying hanger according to the present embodiment are opened. [Figure 3] This is a perspective view showing the state where a plurality of arm portions of the drying hanger according to the present embodiment are closed.

Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0017] In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the left - right direction, the front - rear direction, and the up - down direction will be described as the left - right direction, the front - back direction, and the up - down direction or the height direction, respectively.

[0018] (Drying hanger) The drying hanger of the present invention is used when drying a suspended object such as laundry.

[0019] As shown in FIG. 1, the drying hanger H of the present embodiment includes a plurality of arm portions 1, a support base portion 2, and a suspension portion 3.

[0020] (Arm portion) The arm portion 1 of the present embodiment suspends a suspended object. Examples of the suspended object include laundry.

[0021] As shown in FIG. 1, the arm portion 1 includes an arm main body portion 11, a tip - side clamping portion 12 and a base - end - side clamping portion 13 at both ends of the arm main body portion 11.

[0022] (Arm main body portion) The arm main body portion 11 suspends a suspended object such as laundry.

[0023] The arm main body portion 11 is formed in an elongated rod shape and has a certain length. The length and width of the arm main body portion 11 are not limited as long as the arm main body portion 11 can suspend a suspended object such as laundry.

[0024] (Tip - side clamping portion) The clamping portion 12 at the tip grips the object suspended from the arm body 11, thereby preventing the object from coming off the arm body 11.

[0025] The clamping portion 12 at the tip is formed by folding the vicinity of one tip of the arm body portion 11 upwards, and bringing the tip side of the folded portion into contact with the upper end of the arm body portion 11.

[0026] (Clamping portion at the base) The base-side clamping portion 13, like the tip-side clamping portion 12, prevents the suspended object from coming off the arm body portion 11 by clamping the object suspended from the arm body portion 11.

[0027] The base end clamping portion 13 is formed by folding the vicinity of the other end of the arm body portion 11 upwards, and bringing the end of the folded portion into contact with the upper end of the arm body portion 11.

[0028] As shown in Figure 1, in this embodiment, 16 arm sections 1 are arranged radially around the support section 2, which will be described later. The number of arm sections 1 is not limited to 16; as long as they are arranged radially around the support section 2, the number of arm sections 1 may be less or more than 16.

[0029] (Support section) In this embodiment, the clamping portion 13 at the base end of each arm portion 1 is connected to the support portion 2.

[0030] The support base 2 supports multiple (16 in this embodiment) arm sections 1 and consists of an upper support base 21, a lower support base 22, and a support connecting section 23.

[0031] (Upper support section) The upper support portion 21 supports the suspension portion 3, which will be described later.

[0032] The upper support portion 21 has a circular flat plate portion and a plurality of protrusions on the outer surface of this flat plate portion. As shown in Figure 3, when the arm portion 1 of the clothes drying hanger H is closed, each arm portion 1 is configured to be housed between adjacent protrusions.

[0033] (Lower support part) The lower support portion 22 is connected to the base end clamping portion 13 of each arm portion 1.

[0034] The lower support portion 22 is formed in a circular shape when viewed from above, and the lower support portion 22 is connected to the base end clamping portion 13 on its outer circumferential surface so that each arm portion 1 can rotate between a horizontal state (Figure 1) and a vertical state (Figure 3) with respect to the base end clamping portion 13.

[0035] (Downward hook) In this embodiment, a downward-facing hook 4 is provided below the lower support portion 22.

[0036] As shown in Figure 2, the downward-facing hook 4 is formed in a hook shape when viewed from the front, but it is not limited to this, and the shape of the downward-facing hook 4 may be, for example, rectangular or circular when viewed from the front.

[0037] In this embodiment, the downward-facing hook 4 allows the clothes drying hanger H to be stored by hooking the downward-facing hook 4 onto an external member when not in use.

[0038] Furthermore, when attaching the clothes hanger H to an external fastening point such as a clothesline, the downward-facing hook 4 can be gripped to secure the clothes hanger H, making it easier to attach the clothes hanger H to external fastening points, especially those located at high positions.

[0039] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 3, the clothes hanger H can also be carried by gripping the downward-facing hook 4 with each arm section 1 closed, making it easier to carry the clothes hanger H.

[0040] (Abutment connection part) The support connecting portion 23 connects the upper support portion 21 and the lower support portion 22.

[0041] The shape of the support connecting part 23 is not limited as long as it can connect the two support parts 21 and 22; for example, it may be cylindrical or rectangular.

[0042] In this embodiment, a suspension portion 3 is provided on the upper support portion 21.

[0043] (hanging part) The suspension section 3 is provided on the support section 2 and suspends the support section 2 from the multiple arm sections 1.

[0044] The suspension portion 3 consists of an upper hook portion 31, a lower hook portion 32, and a gripping portion 33.

[0045] (Upper hook section) The upper hook portion 31 is provided near the upper end of the suspension portion 3 and is secured to an external locking object. An example of an external locking object is a clothes drying pole.

[0046] In this specification, if we define the direction in which the tip of the hook portion faces as the direction of the hook portion, then as shown in Figure 2, the tip 311 of the upper hook portion 31 in this embodiment faces to the right, and therefore the upper hook portion 31 in this embodiment is positioned facing to the right.

[0047] (Fixed part) The upper hook portion 31 is provided with a fixing portion 5 for securing the suspension portion 3 to an external locking portion.

[0048] As shown in Figure 2, the fixing part 5 consists of an upper half 51 and a lower half 52. The base end 511 of the upper half 51 and the base end 521 of the lower half 52 are joined together to form a single unit, and the upper half 51 and the lower half 52 are formed at approximately a right angle to each other.

[0049] The fixing part 5 has one end opposite to the base end 511 of the upper half 51 connected to the vicinity of the upper end of the upper hook part 31, and is configured to be rotatable around that end, so that the hanging part 3 (upper hook part 31 in this embodiment) can be fixed to an external locking object such as a clothes drying pole that is inserted between the fixing part 5 and the upper hook part 31.

[0050] (Lower hook section) The lower hook portion 32 is provided near the middle of the suspension portion 3 and is secured to an external locking portion.

[0051] As shown in Figure 2, the tip 321 of the lower hook portion 32 is facing left, so the lower hook portion 32 in this embodiment is positioned facing left. In other words, the lower hook portion 32 is provided facing the opposite direction to the upper hook portion 31.

[0052] In this embodiment, the two hook portions 31 and 32 are arranged facing opposite directions, but this is not limited to this configuration. The two hook portions 31 and 32 may be arranged to face the same direction. For example, one of the two hook portions 31 and 32 may be arranged to face left and the other to face forward.

[0053] (gripping part) In this embodiment, the suspension portion 3 includes a gripping portion 33 between the upper hook portion 31 and the lower hook portion 32.

[0054] As shown in Figure 2, the gripping portion 33 consists of an upper connecting portion 331, a lower connecting portion 332, a right connecting portion 333, and a left connecting portion 334. All of these connecting portions are joined together to form a track shape.

[0055] Furthermore, the left connecting portion 334 connects the base end of the upper hook portion 31 to the tip of the lower hook portion 32, and the right connecting portion 333 connects the lower side of the opening 312 of the upper hook portion 31 to the base end of the lower hook portion 32.

[0056] Furthermore, the width of the gripping portion 33 (the distance between the right connecting portion 333 and the left connecting portion 334) is the same as the width of the upper hook portion 31 and the lower hook portion 32, but this is not limited to this, and the width of the gripping portion 33 may be larger or smaller than both hook portions.

[0057] Furthermore, if the widths of the two hook sections are different, the width of the gripping section 33 may be greater than one hook section and smaller than the other hook section. Alternatively, the width of the gripping section 33 may be the same as one hook section and greater than the other hook section, or smaller than one hook section and the same as the other hook section.

[0058] As described above, the gripping portion 33 is track-shaped, but is not limited to this, and the shape of the gripping portion 33 may be, for example, square, rectangular, or circular when viewed from the front.

[0059] Furthermore, although this embodiment employs a configuration with a gripping portion 33, a configuration without a gripping portion 33 may also be adopted.

[0060] As described above, the suspension portion 3 in this embodiment has two hook portions, an upper hook portion 31 and a lower hook portion 32, but it is not limited to this, and the suspension portion 3 may be configured to have three or more hook portions.

[0061] (effect) The suspension part 3 of this embodiment has an upper hook part 31 provided near its upper end and which engages with an external locking part, and a lower hook part 32 provided near the middle of the suspension part 3 and which engages with an external locking part. Therefore, it is easy to place the clothes drying hanger H on the external locking part, which is provided at a high position, via the upper hook part 31. Also, by placing the clothes drying hanger H on the external locking part via the lower hook part 32, the object to be suspended can be suspended at a higher position, making it easier to prevent the object to be suspended from coming into contact with the ground or floor. In this way, the clothes drying hanger H can be placed on the external locking part via the upper hook part 31 or the lower hook part 32, so the height position from which the object to be suspended can be adjusted.

[0062] Furthermore, since the upper hook portion 31 and the lower hook portion 32 are positioned in opposite directions, the weight balance of the clothes drying hanger H can be improved.

[0063] Furthermore, the suspension portion 3 is equipped with a gripping portion 33 between the upper hook portion 31 and the lower hook portion 32, which connects the base end of the upper hook portion 31 and the tip end of the lower hook portion 32, and also connects the lower side of the opening 312 of the upper hook portion 31 and the base end of the lower hook portion 32. As a result, the gripping portion 33 has a certain width, making it easier to grip the clothes drying hanger H via the gripping portion 33. Also, because the clothes drying hanger H is easy to grip, it becomes easier to carry the clothes drying hanger H while the object to be suspended is hanging from it.

[0064] Furthermore, since the upper hook portion 31 is provided with a fixing portion 5 for fixing the hanging portion 3 to the external locking portion, fixing the hanging portion 3 (clothes drying hanger H) to the external locking portion via the upper hook portion 31 on which the fixing portion 5 is provided prevents the clothes drying hanger H from coming off the external locking portion. [Industrial applicability]

[0065] The clothes drying hanger of the present invention can be suitably used as a laundry item for drying washed clothing and other items indoors or outdoors. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0066] 1: Arm section 2: Support part 3: Hanging part 31: Upper hook section 32: Lower hook section 33: Grip part 5: Fixed part H: Clothes drying hanger

Claims

1. Multiple arm sections for suspending the object to be suspended, A support portion that supports the plurality of arm portions, It comprises a suspension part provided on the support part and suspending the support part and the plurality of arm parts, The clothes drying hanger is characterized in that the hanging portion has an upper hook portion provided near its upper end and which engages with an external locking portion, and a lower hook portion provided near the middle of the hanging portion and which engages with the external locking portion.

2. The clothes drying hanger according to claim 1, wherein the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion are provided facing opposite directions.

3. The clothes drying hanger according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hanging portion is provided with a gripping portion between the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion, connecting the base end of the upper hook portion and the tip or base end of the lower hook portion, and connecting the lower side of the opening of the upper hook portion and the base or tip of the lower hook portion.

4. The clothes drying hanger according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of the upper hook portion and the lower hook portion is provided with a fixing portion for fixing the hanging portion to the external locking portion.

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