AN IMPROVED SKIRT HANGER

Abstract: A skirt hanger having angular or hip-shaped sides adapted to engage with the inside upper parts of skirts and a hook whose shank, support or base is located to one side of the mid-line of the hanger, that is, closer to one skirt-engaging side than the other, the hook itself being disposed in or near the mid-line of the hanger.

Description: ~ IMPROVED SKIRT HAffGER The aim of this invention is to facilitate the hanging of one or more skirts, a preferred em¬ bodiment of it accepting skirts of several sizes. Essential features of the invention are: a) Sides hip-shaped in profile, adapted to engage closely ωith the inside upper part of a skirt; b) A hook, the shank, support or attachment of uhich is to one side of the mid-liπa of the hanger - that is, closer to one skirt-engaging side than to the other; c) loops, bends or the like at the extremities of the skirtr-eπgagiπg sides to prevent damage to a skirt by their 'free ends'; αr the elimination of such free ends by the sides being extended one to the other. It ωill be seen that the number of sizes that can be hung by a particular hanger will depend on the slope and length αf the skirt-engaging sides and it has been found that all normal skirt sizes can be provided far by one hanger of appropriate dimensions. Should tωo sizes αf hanger be utilized these may be coloured differently for convenience of choice. It ωill be understood that the smaller sizes held by each hanger uill harg at a higher level than the larger. In use, a hanger as dascixbed is inserted in a fastened skirt, the sice of the latter being held • 2 - in the left hand (in the case of a right-handed person). The held side is draωn across the upper part αf the hanger to the base of the hook, the right hand then drawing up the other side αf the skirt to the opposite side αf the hook base. The left hand πoω takes its skirt side back and both skirt sides are made to engage ωith the sides of the hanger. The operation of hanging a skirt takes only a feω seconds and tha limiting factors in hanging the smallest skirt size are that the distance from the inside αf tha hook base to the extremity of that skirt-engaging side should be less than the ωidth αf the skirt and that the lengths of the skirt-engaging sides should also be less. In one exemplary embodiment αf the invention, made entirely of ωire., the hook has an angular shank continuous ωith a side of the hanger and this extreme, displacement bath facilitates use and increases tha size range αf skirts that can ba hung. This embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying draωiπg. TCf O

Claims: Clai 1. A skirt hanger having angular or hip-shaped sides adapted to engage ωith the inside upper parts of skirts and a hook whose shank, support or base is located to one side αf the mid-line of the hanger, that is, closer to one skirt-engaging side than the other, the hook itself being disposed in or near the mid-line of the hanger. Claim 2. A skirt hanger as in Claim 1 adapted by the length and slope of its sides tα hang skirts αf various sizes. Claim 3. A skirt hanger as in Claim 2 made αf any suitable material ωith ωhataver variations of design may be appropriate. Claim 4. A skirt hanger substantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

Inventors: JOHNSON A
Applicants: JOHNSON A
Application year: 1981
Main classification: A47J51
IPC codes: A47G25