U.S. patent number 3,610,426 [Application Number 04/876,756] was granted by the patent office on 1971-10-05 for child's garment supporting rod for hanging his clothes.
Invention is credited to Sadie L. Thomas.
United States Patent |
3,610,426 |
Thomas |
October 5, 1971 |
CHILD'S GARMENT SUPPORTING ROD FOR HANGING HIS CLOTHES
Abstract
A bar for supporting a plurality of garment hangers, the bar
being positioned at a relatively low elevation so to be convenient
for a small child for hanging his clothes himself or removing his
clothes therefrom, the bar being adjustably suspended from opposite
ends of the conventional bar used by adults for supporting garment
hangers supporting adults' clothing.
Inventors: |
Thomas; Sadie L. (Vallejo,
CA) |
Family
ID: |
25368501 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/876,756 |
Filed: |
November 14, 1969 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
211/117 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B
61/003 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A47B
61/00 (20060101); A47f 005/08 () |
Field of
Search: |
;211/117,113,119,115,116,118 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Byers, Jr.; Nile C.
Claims
What I now claim is:
1. In a child's garment-supporting rod, the combination of a rod
assembly comprised of a telescoping bar and means at each end
thereof for support from a conventional garment hanger bar of a
closet, said telescoping bar being comprised of an outer tube and
an inner tube, one end of said inner tube being slidable within one
end of said outer tube so to provide adjustable length and conform
with a conventional length of closet, the outer end of each of said
tubes being provided with a slot, said slot receiving one end of a
supporting strap, said end of said supporting being doubled over
and riveted to form an enlarged mass so to prevent slipping through
said slot, said strap being inserted through a slot formed in a
hook member receivable over a conventional garment hanger bar of
said closet, and said strap including a buckle for adjusting the
length of said strap, said buckle including a pin selectively
receivable within one of a plurality of openings formed near one
end of said strap.
Description
SPECIFICATION
This invention relates generally to bars for supporting clothing
garment hangers. More specifically the present invention relates to
garment-hanger-supporting bars such as are mounted within closets
of a home.
A principle object of the present invention is to provide a child's
rod to permit him to hang his won clothing.
It is generally well known that conventional bars supporting
garment hangers are located at a relatively high elevation and are
designed for use by adults who accordingly are able to easily reach
the same when hanging a garment into a closet or removing a garment
therefrom. Such bars are too high for use by small children who
accordingly are unable to use the same.
Accordingly it is another object of the present invention to
provide a child's rod that is positioned at a low elevation so as
to be easily reached by a small child so to place or remove
garments therefrom.
Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a child's
rod which accordingly will promote good habits of orderliness with
a child's clothing by promoting the placement of garments into a
closet instead of allowing the same to be thrown about.
Still another purpose of the present invention is to provide a
child's rod which can be selectively adjusted in height so as to be
adaptable to the child's growth in height.
Other objects of the present invention are to provide a child's rod
which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in
construction, easy to use and efficient in operation.
These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of the
following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:
FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a closet showing the present
invention mounted there within,
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the present invention,
and
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of FIG. 2, and
shown enlarged.
Referring now to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral 10
represents a child's bar according to the present invention wherein
there is a bar assembly 11 made preferrably of tubular material and
including an outer tube 12 and an inner tube 13, one end of the
inner tube being slideable within the outer tube 12 so to form a
telescopic unit that is readily adaptable for any length of
closet.
The outer end of each of the tubes 12 and 13 are each provided with
a slot 14 for securement to a strap 15, as shown in FIG. 2 of the
drawing.
The strap 15 may be made of leather or other fabric material, the
strap having one end thereof folded over, as shown at 16 so to form
an enlarged mass and secure together by a rivet 17. The enlarged
mass is inserted into the opening 18 of either of the tubes 12 and
13 thereby preventing the end of the strap from slipping out of the
slot 14. The strap 15 is inserted through an opening 19 in the
lower end of a hook member 20 and the terminal end of the strap, as
shown at 21, is inserted through a buckle 22, the terminal end 21
of strap being provided with a plurality of openings 23 for
selectively engaging a buckle pin 24, thus adjusting selectively
the length of the strap 15.
In operative use, as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawing, the hooks 20
are placed over a conventional garment hanger bar 25 such as is
mounted within a closet 26, such garment hanger bar 25 being
usually positioned below a top shelf 27 upon which hats 28 and hat
boxes 29 are usually stored. Such a garment hanger bar 25 is at an
elevation accordingly adapted only for adults but which is
excessively too high for use by small children.
In the present invention, the hooks 20 thus allow the child's bar
to be brought to a comfortably low elevation so that even the
smallest child has an access thereto so as to hang garments 30
therefrom and easily remove garments therefrom. As the child grows,
the strap 15 may be taken up by relocating the pin 24 in different
openings 23 of the strap thereby allowing the present invention to
serve for a relatively long period of time.
Due to the telescopic feature of the tubes comprising the bar 11,
the present invention is readily adaptable for any length of
closet, as is shown in FIG. 1. It is to be noted that the normal
use of the closets by adults for supporting garments is not
impaired by the present invention and permits the garment to be
supported from the normal garment hanger bar 25 and which may
depend to rear or a front side of the child's bar 11.
Thus there has been provided a child's rod which will promote
orderliness for a child and permit access to his clothes
himself.
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