Title: Clothes hanger and method for the manufacture thereof

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1. A hanger of a single length of wire formed to expand and grip the waistband of a garment comprising, in combination, a 180.degree. bend in the center of said length of wire forming parallel lengths of wire adjacent to said 180.degree. bend, a hook to secure said hanger to a rack pole formed from said parallel lengths of wire adjacent to said 180.degree. bend, two legs of said wire having lower ends extending downward from said hook and diverging from each other, an upward and inward facing guide loop at the lower end of each of said legs, arms of said wire extending horizontally from said guide loops, each of said arms being slidably supported by the guide loop from which the other of said arms extends, outer ends of said arms being bent upwards to engage the waistband of a garment, said guide loops contacting each other to serve as stops limiting the outward extension of said outer ends of said arms, bars of said wire extending inwards from said upward bent outer ends of said arms, and bar securing hooks at the ends of said bars, said bars overlapping each other, said bar securing hooks of each bar slidably engaging the other of said bars, said bars telescoping as said ends of said bars are compressed, compression of said outer ends of said arms flexing said legs so that said legs urge said arms outward to engage the outer ends of said arms with the waistband of a garment to support it.

2. The combination according to claim 1 with the addition of offsets (23' and 24') in said bars (21' and 22'), said hooks of each of said bars slidably engaging the other of said bars between said offset of said bar and said outer end of said integral arm, said bars extending on both sides of said legs and being curved to hang a jacket thereon.

3. The process of forming a clothes hanger which expands to secure the waistband of a garment from a single length of wire comprising the steps of:

a. bending a length of wire in one plane into a form having a single center run, U-shaped outwardly extending loops at the ends of the center run, arms extending from the loops at 90.degree. to the center run, and garment engaging corrugations at right angles to the ends of the arms,

b. bending the loops upward and inward to form guide loops,

c. making a 180.degree. bend in the center of the center run to form two parallel legs with the guide loops disposed on opposite sides thereof,

d. bending a garment rack pole engaging hook from the top of the parallel legs, and

e. assembling the hanger for use by forcing the arms inward placing each arm slidably in a guide loop.

4. The process according to claim 3 wherein; in step (a), the length of wire is further bent to have bars extend parallel to the center run inwardly from the ends of the corrugations and to have hooks formed at the ends of the bars; in step (b), the hooks are bent upward at 90.degree.; and, in step (e) the hooks of one bar are slidably engaged with the other bar.

5. The process according to claim 4 wherein; in step (b), downward extending offsets are formed in the bars, and, in step (e) the hook of each bar engages the other bar with the bars extending on both sides of the legs.

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Inventors: Horvath, Tibor (Brooklyn, NY, US)

Application Number: 489075
Filing Date: 1974-07-17
Publication_date: 1976-04-27
Assignee: Douek; Abraham (Brooklyn, NY)
Primary Class(es): 223/94 140/91, 223/95
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

773583	Nov, 1904	Nagely	223/95.
823376	Jun, 1906	Twitchell	223/95.
1769076	Jul, 1930	Shrack	223/94.
2145503	Jan, 1939	Anderson	223/95.
2393263	Jan, 1946	Puzio	223/95.
2594602	Apr, 1952	Walter	223/95.
2621834	Dec, 1952	Irving	223/89.
2644621	Jul, 1953	Urban	223/95.
2775379	Dec, 1956	Gordon	223/95.

Other Refs: 447,232

May, 1936	UK

Primary Examiner: Krizmanich, George H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Tailer; Peter L.