Improvements in and relating to Garment Holders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Lost 25th July 1895-Accepted. 7th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Garment Holders.
I, ALFRED PROVOST of 7 Rue d'Alsace Angers in the Republic of France,
Tailor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of garment holders in which a suitable curved
bar is supported or suspended at or near the middle by a hook or the like or on a
pillar or stand for the purpose of holding garments more especially coats and other
body garments the shoulders of which may be placed over the said bar.
The improvements consist firstly in fitting on said curved bar, as a fixture or
otherwise, by means of studs or in any other suitable way, a block at or near the
centre thereof, or making said block in one, hollow or otherwise with the bar,
the said block being of such shape as to conform to the shape of the neck of
the garment so as to support the latter also in a natural position. The bar may
also be curved to more accurately follow the shape of average human shoulders and
may be widened at the ends to afford a more natural support to the garment.
The hook by which this holder may be suspended is made at the end of a bent
metal rod, so bent and attached to the top, side, or under part of the bar that it
does not come in contact with the garment thereon. The hooked rod may
terminate below in another hook for suspension of other garments and it may be
removably attached to its socket and locked therein by a spring or otherwise or it
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may be adapted to revolve in its socket and fold to the bar in order to
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space when not in use.
Dated this 26th day of October 1894.
Improvements in and relating to Garment Holders.
I ALFRED PROVOST, of 7 Rue d'Alsace, Angers in the Republic of France,
Tailor 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 that class of garment holders in which a suitable curved
bar is supported or suspended at or near the middle by a hook or the like or on a
pillar or stand for the purpose of holding garments more especially coats and other
body garments, the shoulders of which may be placed over the said bar.
The improvements consist firstly in fitting on said curved bar, as a fixture or
otherwise, by means of studs or in any other suitable way, a block at or near the
centre thereof or making said block in one, hollow or otherwise with the bar,
the said block being of such shape as to conform to the shape of the neck of the
garment so as to support the latter also in a natural position. The bar may also
be curved to more accurately follow the shape of average human shoulders and
may be widened at the ends to afford a more natural support to the garment.
The hook by which this holder may be suspended is made at the end of a bent
metal rod, so bent and attached to the top, side or under part of the bar that it
does not come in contact with the garment thereon. The hooked rod may
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page_text: terminate below in another hook for suspension of other garments and it may be
removably attached to its socket and locked therein by a spring or otherwise or it
may be adapted to revolve in its socket and locked therein by a spring or otherwise
or it may be adapted to revolve in its socket and fold to the bar in order to occupy
less space when not in use.
The improved garment holders are shown in the annexed drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a view from the front of one form of holder, Fig. 2 being a central
section thereof. Fig. 3 a plan view as seen from below. Fig. 4 shows an alternate
form in plan from below for a pillar support, the top part of which is shown in
elevation in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a rear view, Fig. 7 a front view Fig. 8 a plan and
Eig. 9 à central section of another form of garment holder. Figs. 10 and 11 are
sections on lines 10-10, 11-11 respectively of Fig. 8. Fig. 12 is a plan and
Fig. 13 an elevation of the socket for the shank of the hook. Fig. 14 is a view
showing modified means for attachment of the hook and Fig. 15 is a plan view of
the socket therefor.
A is the curved bar, the shape of which is shown in the drawings, B is the neck
piece attached by dowels C, (Fig. 1) or made in one piece (Fig. 6). To the under
side of the bar is attached a socket D for the curved shank E of the hook E.
This socket may be an ordinary socket or similar to that used to retain the straight
shanked hook E' (Fig. 9). For the latter a socket is used of the construction
shown in Figs. 12 and 13 being formed of two hinged parts d d forming a base
plate, and projecting ears d², ds so that when it is detached it may be opened by
folding together the parts d, d' for insertion or removal of the shank E, but
when it is fastened on to the bar A by screws passing through the parts d, d',
more especially as shown in Fig. 8, the ears & d³ complete a socket enclosing
and grasping the shank as shown in Fig. 9.
In either of these cases the shank of the hook is held away from the neck of
the garment. In Fig. 9 the hook is detachable by unscrewing the socket on one
side thereof, while in Fig. 2 the hook may be revolved about the socket, to lie
upon the bar A. The hook may be made with longer shank as shown in full
lines, or shorter as shown in dotted lines Fig. 2. It may in either case be
swivelled upon the shank. In place of either of these hooks, the curved hook E'
shown in Fig. 14 may be used. This hook has slots or grooves e cut on a
horizontally bent part thereof to enable it to engage in the recess of the
plate F which may be secured above the neck piece B, or, preferably below
the bar A, when the hook E' should be reversed, the swivelled hook E being
then uppermost. f2 is a spring catch fixed at 3 to plate F and adapted to
engage in a notch e¹ cut in the hook E³ near the grooves in order to prevent
withdrawal of the hook until the knob f4 on spring f2 is depressed so as to
release the catch from the notch e¹. The lower hook serves for suspending other
garments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A garment holder consisting of a shoulder bar shaped as described with a
neck piece in one piece therewith or affixed thereto to more accurately conform to
the shape of the shoulders and neck of the garment hung thereon.
2. The combination with a garment holder of a hook, the shank of which is so
affixed, made or placed, substantially as described that it does not come in contact
with the neck or collar of the garment.
i Dated this 25th dow of Ll 1002
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.