Trouser holder

Claim 1

IN A TROUSER HOLDER, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED CARRIER PLATE HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A PAIR OF TROUSERS DRAPED OVER SAID UPPER END OF SAID CARRIER PLATE; MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CARRIER PLATE FOR TURNING MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID CARRIER PLATE AND LOCATED ADJACENT SAID LOWER END THEREOF BETWEEN AN IDLE POSITION, AN OPERATING POSITION, AND AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION BETWEEN SAID IDLE AND OPERATING POSITIONS; UPPER AND LOWER PRESSURE PLATES EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID CARRIER PLATE AND RESPECTIVELY LOCATED ADJACENT SAID UPPER AND LOWER ENDS THEREOF, SAID PRESSURE PLATES RESPECTIVELY HAVING REST POSITIONS LOCATED IN THE PATH OF TURNING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER PLATE TO ITS OPERATING POSITION, BOTH OF SAID PRESSURE PLATES WHEN THEY ARE IN THEIR REST POSITIONS BEING SPACED FROM SAID CARRIER PLATE WHEN THE LATTER IS IN ITS REST POSITION SO THAT IN SAID REST POSITIONS OF SAID PLATES A PAIR OF TROUSERS MAY BE CONVENIENTLY PLACED ON SAID CARRIER PLATE DRAPED OVER SAID UPPER END THEREOF WITH THE CUFFS OF THE TROUSERS LOCATED AT THE ELEVATION OF SAID LOWER PRESSURE PLATE, ONLY SAID LOWER PRESSURE PLATE ENGAGING SAID CARRIER PLATE WHEN THE LATTER IS IN ITS INTERMEDIATE POSITION SO THAT THE CUFFS OF THE TROUSERS WILL BE GRIPPED WHEN SAID CARRIER PLATE IS IN ITS INTERMEDIATE POSITION TO ENABLE THE TROUSERS TO BE ADJUSTED ON SAID CARRIER PLATE WHILE THE CUFFS OF THE TROUSERS ARE THUS GRIPPED; AND SPRING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID PRESSURE PLATES FOR YIELDABLY MAINTAINING THE LATTER IN SAID REST POSITIONS THEREOF AND FOR RESILIENTLY RESISTING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER FROM SAID REST POSITIONS THEREOF SO THAT DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER PLATE TO ITS OPERATING POSITION SAID PRESSURE PLATES WILL BE MOVED IN OPPOSITION TO SAID SPRING MEANS TO BE PRESSED BY THE LATTER AGAINST SAID CARRIER PLATE FOR PRESSING THE TROUSERS THEREAGAINST, SAID SPRING MEANS ALSO MOVING SAID LOWER PRESSURE PLATE DOWNWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID UPPER PRESSURE PLATE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING SAID UPPER PRESSURE PLATE UPWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID LOWER PRESSURE PLATE DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER PLATE TO ITS OPERATING POSITION SO THAT THE TROUSERS WILL NOT ONLY BE PRESSED BY SAID PRESSURE PLATES AGAINST SAID CARRIER PLATE BUT IN ADDITION THE TROUSERS WILL BE STRETCHED BETWEEN THE PRESSURE PLATES; AND PEDAL MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID LOWER PRESSURE PLATE FOR PRESSING THE SAME AGAINST SAID CARRIER PLATE.