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; a horizontal bar section derived of two equal sections with closure holding means, the two equal sections pivotally connected to the shoulder frame, each of the two individual sections has a return movement for returning the respective individual sections to a horizontal position aided by a respective pivot pin and a respective spring mechanism.

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

3. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1, wherein said spring mechanism of at least one of the hook tip area or the individual sections further comprises a spring.

4. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1, wherein said spring mechanism of at least one of the hook tip area or the individual sections further comprises a coil spring.

5. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1, wherein said spring mechanism of at least one of the hook tip area or the individual sections further comprises spring retainers.

6. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1, wherein said spring mechanism of the respective individual sections further comprise a fixture pin.

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

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

9. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pivot pin of the hook tip area enables movement of the hook tip area.

10. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pivot pins of the individual sections enable movement of the respective individual sections.

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

12. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spring mechanism of the respective individual sections enables the two individual sections to move and return to position.

13. The clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people according to claim 1, holds clothing which are configured to be removed more easily by disabled or height restricted persons due to the aforementioned features.

14. A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people comprising: a shoulder frame having ends with a horizontal bar section connected at said ends of the shoulder frame for hanging legwear, the horizontal bar section derived of two equal sections with closure holding means, the two equal sections pivotally connected to the shoulder frame, each of the two individual sections has a return movement for returning the respective individual section to a horizontal position aided by a respective pivot pin and a respective spring mechanism; a hook fixed centrally on the shoulder frame, the hook is flat with a separate tip area able to lift and pivot 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 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 downward pull on the hanger.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 shows a side view of the clothes hanger with moving parts indicated.

(2) FIG. 2 shows a side view of the clothes hanger being pulled from its pole.

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

(4) FIG. 4 shows a side view of the clothes hanger with horizontal bar sections collapsed.

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

(6) FIG. 6 shows a close-up view of the spring mechanism for the horizontal bar sections.

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

(8) FIG. 8 shows a close up of the moving spring tip area of the clothes hanger hook.

(9) FIG. 9 shows a close up of the moving spring tip area of the clothes hanger, with single spring alterative.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

(10) 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.

(11) 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 8 and 9 as shown.

(12) To each end of the sections 5 and 7 are magnetic tips 6 which connect together when 5 and 7 are horizontal, as shown.

(13) 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.

(14) A second embodiment of the clothes hanger 1B is shown in FIG. 3, wherein, the hook tip area 12 is a spring 12 which flexes on removal of the hanger 1B, also shown being removed from the rail pole 11B, enabling removal of said clothes hanger 1B.

(15) To the lower part of the hanger 1C are sections 5C 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.

(16) The hook 3 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 1D with the leg wear 13D being removed by the person; with sections 5D and 7D collapsing therefore.

(17) 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 5E of the horizontal bar (as shown as only half of the clothes hanger).

(18) 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.

(19) FIG. 7 shows a second option for the action described in FIG. 6, using a coiled spring 15 which is aided by spring retainers 16 and uses the pivot pin 9F as a spring retainer. These are set within the end of the shoulder frame 4F and provide a ‘snap’ return of sections 5F (as shown as only half of the clothes hanger).

(20) The hook 3G is shown as a close view in FIG. 8 which shows the coiled spring 17 with its retainer 18. The hook tip area 2G pivots on the pivot pin 10G and turns on this axis, tensioned against the coiled spring 17.

(21) FIG. 9 shows the alternative hook tip area 12H which is a short spring attached to the hook 3H via an end fitting 19, which is a 360-degree groove around the hook end into which the rim of the spring 12H seats.