Hangetic

Abstract

A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people with a hook which flexes or moves at the tip when the hanger is pulled downward to enable clearance of the rail pole. This movement is aided by a pivot pin and a spring mechanism; as is a collapsing horizontal bar section for leg wear derived of two equal sections with magnetic closure holding mechanism.

Claims

1) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people comprising; a hook vertically located into a shoulder frame which has a hook tip area with movement aided by a pivot pin and a spring mechanism, furthermore; a horizontal bar section derived of two equal sections with closure holding means; which has a return movement aided by pivot pins and a spring mechanism, together defining the invention.

2) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1 wherein a clothes hanger further comprises a spring tip hook area.

3) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1 wherein said spring mechanism further comprises a spring.

4) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1 wherein said spring mechanism further comprises a coil spring.

5) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1 wherein said spring mechanism further comprises spring retainers.

6) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1 wherein said spring mechanism further comprises a fixture pin.

7) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1 wherein said holding means for the horizontal bar sections are two magnetic tips.

8) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spring hook end area has an end fitting groove to hold it onto the hook.

9) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1 wherein pivot pins enable movement of the hook tip area.

10) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1 wherein pivot pins enable movement of the horizontal bar sections.

11) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1 wherein a spring mechanism enables the hook tip area to move and return to position.

12) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1 wherein a spring mechanism enables the two horizontal bar sections to move and return to position.

13) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1. holds clothing which can be removed more easily by disabled or height restricted persons due to the aforementioned features.

14) (canceled)

15) A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people comprising a shoulder frame having ends with a horizontal bar section at said ends of the shoulder frame for hanging legwear; the horizontal bar section derived of two equal sections with closure holding means; which has a return movement aided by pivot pins and a spring mechanism; a hook fixed centrally on the shoulder frame, the hook is fiat with a separate tip area able to lift and pivot relative to the tip by a pivot pin fitting and a spring-biased mechanism adapted to allow the tip area to move and lift wherein when the disabled or height restricted people removes the hanger from a rail pole, the tip area is forced against the bias of the spring-biased mechanism to move upwards and pivot enabling the hook to have clearance to be removed from the pole due to the downward pull on the hanger.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

[0041] FIG. 1 shows a side view of the clothes hanger with moving parts indicated.

[0042] FIG. 2 shows a side view of the clothes hanger being pulled from its pole.

[0043] FIG. 3 shows a side view of the clothes hanger being pulled from the pole with alternative spring tip area.

[0044] FIG. 4 shows a side view of the clothes hanger with horizontal bar sections collapsed.

[0045] FIG. 5 shows a side view of the clothes hanger with leg wear being removed and horizontal bar indicated in place and collapsed.

[0046] FIG. 6 shows a close-up view of the spring mechanism for the horizontal bar sections.

[0047] FIG. 7 shows a close-up view of the spring mechanism for the horizontal bar sections, with coil spring alternative.

[0048] FIG. 8 shows a close up of the moving spring tip area of the clothes hanger hook.

[0049] FIG. 9 shows a close up of the moving spring tip area of the clothes hanger, with single spring alterative.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

[0050] A typical embodiment of the clothes hanger is shown in FIG. 1. It comprises the clothes hanger 1, which has a hook 3 which is curved with an end portion of the curve being completed by a movable hook tip area 2 which has a pivot pin 10.

[0051] The hook 3 is presented vertically from the shoulder frame 4 and may be rotated vertically within its mount into the shoulder. To the ends of each shoulder is a horizontal bar section; derived from two equally sized sections 5 and 7 which are movably held in place by pivot pins 9 and 8 as shown.

[0052] To each end of the sections 5 and 7 are magnetic tips 6 which connect together when 5 and 7 are horizontal, as shown.

[0053] FIG. 2 shows the clothes hanger 1A being removed from the rail pole 11, this is enabled due to hook tip area 2A of hook 3A rotating upward on the pivot as aforementioned.

[0054] A second embodiment of the clothes hanger 1B; is shown in FIG. 3, wherein, the hook tip area 2B is a spring 12 which flexes on removal of the hanger 1B, also shown being removed from the rail pole 118, enabling removal of said clothes hanger 1B.

[0055] To the lower part of the hanger 1C are sections SC and 7C which collapse as shown when leg wear 13 is pulled downward, as aforementioned; with pivot pins 8C and 9C providing stable movement. This action also disconnects the two halves of the magnetic tips 6C.

[0056] The hook 3C and the hook tip area 2C are closed at this point, and hung onto the rail pole 11C, as shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 shows the clothes hanger 10 with the leg wear 13D being removed by the person; with sections 5C and 7C collapsing therefore.

[0057] The shoulder frame 4E houses a spring mechanism comprising of a spring 14 which is fixed to the pivot pin 9E on the shoulder frame 4E and to a fixture pin 15 on the section SE of the horizontal bar (as shown as only half of the clothes hanger).

[0058] Thus, the section 5E can be pulled downward, extending the spring 14, as indicated by the broken lines and returns to its horizontal position afterwards due to the spring 14 returning to its relaxed form. As shown in FIG. 6.