Compact Garment Hanger With Detachable Auxiliary Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional garment hangers are inefficient in supporting long garments, as they require more space than necessary and do not effectively manage the length of the garment, leading to wasted space and potential garment creasing.
Innovation Solution
A hanger design featuring a primary support with a hook for the top portion of the garment and an auxiliary support with a bar for the bottom portion, using cooperative non-locking elements such as magnets, hook-and-loop fasteners, or ball-and-socket joints to detachably connect the two, allowing for secure and space-efficient hanging of long garments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a conventional hanger is used to support long garments, then the garment can be hung securely, but the space required is excessive and garment creasing occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is divided into two separate supports: a primary support for the top portion of the garment and an auxiliary support for the bottom portion. This segmentation allows each component to be simpler in structure while collectively achieving the function of supporting long garments in reduced space.
2Length of moving object
If an auxiliary support is added to shorten garment length, then space efficiency improves, but assembly and disassembly becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the primary and auxiliary supports uses magnetic attraction instead of traditional mechanical fastening systems. This allows the auxiliary support to be easily attached to and detached from the primary support without complex assembly procedures, maintaining ease of operation while achieving space efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If non-locking magnetic elements are used for connection, then ease of assembly improves, but connection reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic connection strength is optimized to provide sufficient holding force to support the garment weight reliably, while still allowing easy separation when needed. The magnetic parameters are tuned to achieve both connection reliability and ease of operation simultaneously.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The hanger design allows for secure support of long garments in half or less the length required by conventional hangers, reducing space usage and preventing creasing, while enabling easy assembly and disassembly for versatile use.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet is provided in one of the primary support and the auxiliary support and a material to which the magnet is attracted is provided in the other of the primary support and the auxiliary support
Data Source
AI summary
A hanger is provided which supports long garments securely and easily in half or less length than the garment would occupy hanging on a conventional hanger. Such a garment hanger comprises: a primary support including a hook and elements arranged to suspend a top portion of a garment; an auxiliary support including a bar for suspending the bottom portion of the garment, shortening a total length of the garment thus supported; and the primary support and the auxiliary support including cooperative, non-locking elements detachably suspending the auxiliary support from the primary support with the bar close to the primary support.