A New or Improved Ladies' Skirt Hanger.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
A New or Improved Ladies' Skirt Hanger.
I, LOUISE CAROLINE TURNER, of 7, Hillside Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, in
the County of Cheshire, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: --
This invention relates to an improved device for hanging ladies' skirts, and is
designed with the object of providing means for hanging the aforesaid skirts
when not in use, which will prevent such wearing apparel becoming creased and
unduly strained, (the result of the use of the ordinary tape loops) and cause
them to hang in perfectly even folds conducive to the correct hang or fit of such
garments when being worn.
With this invention, space will be economised, both in private houses and
outfitting establishments, as by its use any number of skirts can be hung together
depending from either hooks or rods, without the aforementioned risk of creasing,
thereby obviating the necessity of folding and packing away such garments in
drawers or the like.
Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear in the course of the
following description.
In order to accomplish the foregoing objects, the invention consists in certain
novel features, details of construction, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter
fully described, illustrated in the drawing, and finally embodied in the claim.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1, is a front eleva-
tional view of the suspending device, shewn independently and in its open
position.
Fig. 2, being a perspective view of the device in actual use as in hanging a
ladies' skirt.
Referring to the drawing wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts
in both figures, I provide a length of wire which is bent at a into the form of a
resilient loop or coil, the lower part al of such wire being in the form of a long
pin having a sharpened end a², designed to enter and be retained by the sheath c
fixed to the end of top portion of the wire, as in an ordinary nursery or safety
pin. The top portion 6 of the device is bent near the centre into the form of
a small loop 6 and is then carried upward and bent round so as to form a larger
loop 6, the wire then being brought obliquely downward and across the first up-
ward portion, and then bent round into a second small loop 63, the remaining
portion of such upper wire b being brought into a horizontal position.
The device as illustrated is preferably of such a length as to allow a skirt to
be suspended without undue folding.
In operation, waist band e¹ of the skirt, for instance, e is folded twice and the
lower or pin portion a¹ of the device then inserted longitudinally through same
in a manner similar to that in which a darning needle is used. The point a³
is then secured in the sheath c and the garment suspended by passing the loop b³
over the hook d or other support.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I. declare that what
I claim is:
1
The improved device for suspending ladies skirts, consisting of a long double
shanked pin of the nursery or safety pin type, the upper shank or bar
of which
is bent into a small loop 61 and carried upward obliquely and then bent back so
as to cross the first upward portion to form a large loop 62, and a second small
loop, substantially as and for the purpose described, and as illustrated by the
drawing.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.