Vertical Multi-Rod Hanger Layout for Easy Garment Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hangers tend to clutter closets, cause tangling, and make it difficult to insert or remove garments due to obstruction and friction, leading to adjacent garments falling.
Innovation Solution
A hanger system with multiple rods that allow garments to hang vertically or diagonally, featuring adjustable hooks that prevent binding and catching, enabling easy insertion and removal while maximizing storage space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple conventional hangers are used to hold multiple garments, then the storage capacity increases, but the closet space is consumed and hangers become tangled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a master hanger structure with multiple subsidiary hangers nested vertically along a central rod. Each subsidiary hanger can hold garments, and the entire assembly hangs from a single closet rod position. This nesting arrangement allows multiple garments to be stored in the vertical space that would otherwise be occupied by a single hanger, dramatically increasing storage capacity while minimizing closet space consumption.
2Area of stationary object
If garments are hung vertically on a super hanger, then closet space is reduced, but garments become difficult to insert and remove due to obstruction and friction
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger system divides the garment storage function into separate segments: the master hanger provides structural support and space efficiency, while individual subsidiary hangers provide independent access points for each garment. This segmentation allows garments to be inserted and removed from their own dedicated hangers without obstruction from adjacent garments, maintaining ease of operation despite vertical arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The central rod acts as an intermediary element that connects multiple subsidiary hangers vertically. This intermediary structure allows garments to hang in a compact vertical arrangement while providing clear access paths to each garment through its own hanger, eliminating the binding and catching problems that would occur with direct vertical stacking.
3Productivity
If garments are removed from a crowded hanger, then storage space is freed, but adjacent garments fall to the floor due to lack of support
Solution Approach 1:
Each garment is independently supported by its own subsidiary hanger, which is separately attached to the central rod. This segmentation means that removing one garment from its hanger does not affect the stability of other garments on other hangers. The modular structure provides individual support for each item, ensuring reliability during removal operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A hanger system with hooks attached to and suspended from a hanging or stationary frame, and from one to a multiplicity of rods capable of holding garments or other items, which rest in the hooks. The hooks are designed to allow the rods to rest in vertical relation to one another within the hooks although, depending on the hanging orientation of the hanger system, the rods may hang adjacent to or diagonal from one another. The frame may be hung from a closet rod or similar support, or may be attached to a surface such as a wall or a shelf, either directly or with spacers between the frame and the surface.