Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, Oth May, 1886.
Complete Left, 10th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 11th Ma 1887.
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The holders for garments employed heretofore, are usually made of wood with iron
screws which screws often get loose after some time, and are not adjustable for the
different measures of the shoulders.
My improved garment holder removes these essential inconveniences and is more-
over more durable and cheaper, the material consisting of a piece of iron wire of
convenient diameter and of two pieces of stamped sheet iron or other material of about
1 m thickness.
The improved garment holder or support is made as follows:
A piece of wire of convenient length is taken and bent at its centre in the form of
a small loop or ring from which the two ends of the wire pass away in opposite
directions, being bent somewhat downward. At an interval of a few inches from the
ring the wires on each side are again bent up almost horizontal and are extended in
the new direction for about three or four inches further when each is curved round
and bent back parallel to iiselt and is joined to itself at the angle where the horizontal
part begins, when the remainder of the wire is bent into the form of a hook.
This bent wire serves as a support for the coat or other garment for which purpose
an S or other hook may be passed through the centre ring, which can then be hung
on a ring or rail in the wardrobe.

page_text: To support the shoulders of the coat or other garment two pieces of sheet iron or
other convenient material each more or less square or oblong are stamped or cut out
so that three of their edges, viz: the two longer and one of the shorter sides are
These shoulder pieces
curved downwards, and the corners conveniently rounded off.
are arranged horizontally and on their under side are fixed small guides on which
the above mentioned parallel horizontal parts of the bent wire are adapted to slide,
thus enabling the shoulder pieces to approach or recede from each other so as to suit
different sized coats.
The fixed hooks formed by the ends of the wire are for supporting garments other
than conte

page_text: Improvements in Garment Holders.
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of 67 Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by Hans Christian of Ob. Donaustrasse 63, Vienna, Austria, Engineer,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The holders for garments employed heretofore, are usually made of wood with iron
scrows which screws often get loose after some time and are not adjustable for the
different measures of the shoulders. My improved garment holder removes these
essential inconveniences and is moreover more durable and cheaper, the material
consisting of a piece of iron wire of convenient diameter and of two pieces of stamped
sheet iron or other material of about 1 m/m thickness.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the garment holder, set for the largest shoulder measure.
Fig. 2 is a cross section along line A B, set for the smallest shoulder measure.
Fig. 3 is an end view of a shoulder plate; a a are the shoulder plates curved or
stamped to the shape of the shoulders; b,b,b,b are guides for the wire supports c,
d is a hook for hanging up the garment holder, e are hooks for hanging onto the
holder garments other than coats, is an additional wire with hook for the same
purpose, but giving also greater strength to the wire c.
The improved garment holder or support is made as follows:
A piece of wire c of convenient length is taken and bent at its centre in the form
of a small loop or ring, from which the two ends of the wire pass away downwardly
in opposite directions. At an interval of a few inches from the ring, the wires on
each side are again bent up almost horizontal and are extended in the new direction
for about three or four inches further. When each is curved round, and bent back
parallel to itself and is joined to itself at the angle where the horizontal part begins,
the remainder of the wire may then be cut off or bent into the form of a hook e as
shown in Figs. 1 or 2.
This bent wire serves as a support for the coat or other garment, for which purpose
an "S" or other hook d may be passed through the centre ring, which can then be
hung on a ring or rail in the wardrobe.
The two shoulder plates a of sheet iron or other convenient material, each more or
less square or oblong, are stamped or cut out, so that three of their edges, viz., the
two longer and one of the shorter sides are curved downwards, and the corners
conveniently rounded off.
These shoulder pieces are arranged horizontally, a portion of their surface at or near
the centre being so stamped as to form guides b, in which the above mentioned
parallel horizontal parts of the bent wire e are adapted to slide, thus enabling the
shoulder pieces to approach or recede from each other so as to suit different sized

page_text: coats. In place of the hooks e or in addition thereto, as shown in Fig. 2, the wire f
may be fixed as shown to the wire e the said wire f having a ring as shown, into
which an "S" or other hook g may be hung.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare, that what I claim is:
1). The holder for garments, consisting of the wire e with shoulder plates b adjustable
thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2). The holder for garments, consisting of the wire e adjustable shoulder plates b and
hook e, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3). The holder for garments, consisting of the wire e adjustable shoulder plates
and wire provided with a ring or hook, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
H. J. HADDAN.
Pp. Herbert & Co.,
67, Strand, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.