Pivoting Garment Hanger Bar With Stowable Hooks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing closet rod hanger systems face challenges with limited space capacity, difficulty in threading garment hangers, and hooks that can snag clothing or hang loosely, leading to inefficiencies in storage and hanging.
Innovation Solution
A garment hanging device with an elongated bar featuring pivotable hooks that can be securely positioned over a closet rod and hanger receptacles with distinct receiving and retaining portions, allowing for easy hanger insertion and retention in both horizontal and vertical orientations, and the ability to pivot hooks into a stowed position for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a single hook is used to hang the bar vertically, then the device can be suspended from the closet rod, but the second hook dangles below the bar and may snag clothing or hangers
Solution Approach 1:
The hooks are made movable relative to the bar, allowing them to be positioned in different locations. When not in use, the hooks can be moved to a stowed position along the bar, eliminating the dangling hook problem that causes snagging of clothing and hangers.
Solution Approach 2:
The hook system is divided into independent, movable components that can be separately positioned. Each hook can be independently adjusted along the bar, allowing one hook to be used for hanging while the other is stowed away, preventing interference with stored items.
2Quantity of substance
If through-holes are provided in the bar for inserting hanger hooks, then multiple hangers can be hung, but threading the hanger hook through the hole is difficult and may result in dropping the garment
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring the user to thread the hanger hook through a hole from the outside, the receptacle is designed with an opening that receives the hanger hook directly, and the retaining portion then secures it. This reverses the difficult threading operation into a simple insertion and retention mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The receptacle structure acts as an intermediary between the hanger hook and the bar. It provides a guided opening for easy insertion and a retaining portion that secures the hanger, eliminating the difficulty of direct threading through holes in the bar.
3Quantity of substance
If the bar is designed to hold multiple hangers, then storage capacity increases, but the device becomes less compact for storage and packaging
Solution Approach 1:
The hooks are designed to be movable and collapsible along the bar, allowing them to be positioned close to the bar body when not in use. This dynamic positioning enables the device to maintain a compact form factor for storage and shipping while still providing full functionality when deployed.
Solution Approach 2:
The hooks can be nested along the bar when stowed, with each hook positioned within the length of the bar itself. This nesting arrangement minimizes the overall volume of the device when not in use, making it compact for storage and packaging while maintaining the ability to hold multiple hangers when deployed.
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AI summary
A garment hanging device includes an elongated bar, having a plurality of receptacles defined in the bar, each of which can receive a garment hanger. Each receptacle has a receiving portion open at the top edge of the bar, and a retaining portion between the top and bottom edges being connected with the receiving portion. At least one hook is provided, having a coupling end pivotably coupled to the bar, a hooking portion extending from the coupling end through an apex portion opposite the coupling end to a terminal end. A distance between the hook's pivot point on the bar and a corresponding receptacle corresponds to a distance between the coupling end and the apex portion such that the hook is flexed and pivoted into a stowed position wherein the apex portion is disposed within the corresponding receptacle, and into a deployed position wherein the apex portion is removed from the corresponding receptacle.