Clothes hanger
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional clothing hangers fail to accommodate clothing of various sizes effectively and struggle to keep garments taut, lacking adjustable extensions and mechanical support mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A clothing hanger design featuring a vertical frame, support frames with adjustable links and elastic components, allowing extension in the front and rear directions, and a mechanism to apply mechanical force for keeping clothing taut, including a moving bar system connected to a handle, elastic bands, and a stopper mechanism for easy adjustment and restoration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the hanger structure is made fixed and simple, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to support clothing of various sizes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger employs a dynamic linkage mechanism with main links and sub links that can rotate and adjust their positions. The moving bar can elevate to different heights, and the support parts can extend in the front and rear directions, transforming a static structure into a dynamic one that adapts to various clothing sizes and shapes.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger is divided into multiple independent components including the vertical frame, support frame with center part and support parts, moving bar, moving block, connecting rod, main links, and sub links. These segmented parts can move and adjust independently, allowing the hanger to accommodate different clothing sizes while maintaining manageable structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the hanger is designed to extend in the front and rear direction, then the adaptability for various clothing sizes is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to complex adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The linkage mechanism is designed to move dynamically with simple user input. When the user pulls the handle, the moving bar elevates and the main links rotate, causing the support parts to extend automatically. The system uses the user's pulling force efficiently to achieve extension without requiring complex manual adjustments of multiple components.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger's linkage mechanism performs the extension action automatically when the handle is pulled. The mechanical connection between the moving bar, main links, and sub links ensures that the support parts extend in coordination without requiring the user to manually adjust each component, making the operation simple and intuitive.
3Reliability
If the hanger uses a mechanical force application mechanism, then the capability to keep clothing taut is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vertical bars connected to the main links can rotate in the front and rear directions, creating a dynamic mechanical force application system. This rotation capability allows the hanger to apply controlled mechanical force to keep clothing taut while maintaining the ability to adjust to different clothing types, balancing reliability with adaptability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables stable support of diverse clothing sizes by extending and retracting the hanger easily, maintaining garments taut through mechanical force application, and allowing for adjustable extension heights.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic band which is elastically deformed and surrounds at least a portion of the upper body
Implementation Method 2
a compression spring configured to provide an elastic force to the stopper in a direction in which the protrusion hangs on the hanging part
Data Source
AI summary
A clothing hanger may include a vertical frame, a support frame including a center part connected to an upper end of the vertical frame and a pair of support parts extending from both sides of the center part to support clothing, a moving bar provided in an inner portion of the vertical frame and capable of being elevated, a moving block embedded in the support part and movable in a left and right direction according to the elevation of the moving bar, a connecting rod connecting the moving bar and the moving block, a main link located at the front and rear of the support part and rotatably connected to the moving block, a sub link rotatably connected to the support part and the main link, respectively, and a vertical bar connected to the main link and extending in a vertical direction.