New or Improved Combined Coat and Vest Hanger and Trouser Hanger or Stretcher
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Combined Coat and Vest Hanger and Trouser
Hanger or Stretcher.
I, WILLIAM JAMES COWLEY, of 11 and 12 Goldsmith Street, in the City and
County of London, Manufacturers' Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the addition of clamps to those well known
shoulder rests or coat hangers, constructed of a curved rod or frame with a hook
or eye projecting from the middle of the convex side thereof, so that a complete
suit of clothes may be carried by such devices in such a manner that the clothes
will not lose their proper shape.
For the purposes of my invention I secure to the underside of an ordinary coat
and vest hanger a horizontal bar to one side of which is connected, by a hinge at
one end and a screw, clip or the like at the other, or by a screw or clip at each
end, a second bar, thus forming a clamp in which the lower end of a pair of
trousers may be secured.
In some cases a second clamp may be provided which may be secured to the
opposite end of the trousers, the two clamps being held apart, by a rod adjustable in
length, or by the lower clamp being held down by springs, levers, or the like, or
by being made sufficiently heavy, to stretch the trousers and keep them in shape.
Dated this 13th day of December 1894.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
New or Improved Combined Coat and Vest Hanger and Trouser
Hanger or Stretcher.
I, WILLIAM JAMES COWLEY, of 11 and 12 Goldsmith Street, in the City and
County of London, Manufacturers' Agent, 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 :-
My invention has for its object the addition of a clamp or clamps or trouser
stretcher of ordinary or improved form to those well known shoulder rests or coat.
hangere, constructed of a curved rod or frame with a hook or eye projecting from
the middle of the convex side thereof, so that a complete suit of clothes may be
carried by such devices in such a manner that the clothes will not lose their
proper shape.
For the purposes of my invention I secure to the underside of an ordinary coat
and vest hanger a horizontal bar to one side of which is connected, by a hinge at
one end and a screw clip or the like at the other, or by a screw or clip at each
end, a second bar, thus forming a clamp in which the lower end of a pair of
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page_text: In some cases a second clamp. may be provided which may be secured to the
opposite end of the trousers the two clamps being held apart by a rod adjustable
in length, or by the lower clamp being held down by springs, levers, or the like, or
by being made sufficiently heavy to stretch the trousers and keep them in shape.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings of which Fig. 1 is a front elevation; and Fig. 2 a plan of the
underside of an ordinary coat hanger to which is attached a trouser clamp
according to my invention, and Figs. 3 and 4 a front and side elevation respectively
of an ordinary coat hanger having attached to it a trouser stretcher of improved
form.
The device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of an ordinary coat hanger formed cf
a curved strip of wood a having a hook or eye projecting from the middle of its
convex side, by which it may be suspended in a wardrobe or other position.
To the underside of this hanger a bar c is secured by connecting pieces d d und
to this bar is attached a second bar c by bolts and thumb nuts f so forming a
clamp C in which the lower ends of a pair of trousers may be secured.
When found desirable the clamp so secured to the hanger may form part of a
trouser stretcher either of ordinary construction, or of the form shown in
Figs. 3 and 4.
In the latter case the cross bar c¹ has a mortice in the middle into which one end
of a bare is inserted, which bar e has a ring y sliding between stops on it and
is provided at its free end with a strap k.
A second bar e' is also provided which is inserted into a mortice in the middle of
one of the bars of a second clamp C' similar in construction but longer than
clamp C.
In operation the top and bottom of the trousers are secured in the clamps C C¹
respectively the rods eel inserted in the mortices and their free ends connected.
together by passing the strap k through two slots formed in the bar el near its free
end in the manner shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4. By now forcing. the rods into a
parallel position the clamps will be forced farther apart and the trousers stretched
and in this position the whole may be held by passing the ring g over the tapered
end of the rod e¹.
The distance the clamps. are forced apart as the rods e e¹ are being pressed into
the parallel position and consequently the amount of tensión on the trousers may
be regulated as required by altering the position of the strap so as to increase or
diminish the length of the overlapping portion of the rods e e¹.
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 combination of a coat hanger and a clamp attached to or suspended
from it so that it occupies a position beneath it substantially as described.
(2) The combination of a coat banger and a trouser stretcher. attached to or
suspended from it so that it occupies a position beneath it substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of January 1895.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.