Koffler

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE OF LUGGAGE WHEREIN CLOTHES HANGERS ARE TO BE HUNG FROM A PORTION THEREOF COMPRISING: (A) A SUPPORTING MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID PORTION, (B) A HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE ENGAGEABLE WITH AND DEMOUNTABLE FROM SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, SAID HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE BEING ELONGATED, HAVING AN UPPER SIDE ENGAGING SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER AND A LOWER SIDE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE HOOK PORTIONS OF SAID CLOTHES HANGERS, SAID UPPER SIDE HAVING A RELATIVELY NARROW OPENING APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY OF ITS LENGTH, (C) A HOOK MEMBER ON SAID HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE USED FOR HANGING SAID HANGER SUPPORTTING DEVICE AFTER IT HAS BEEN DEMOUNTED AND REMOVED FROM SAID LUGGAGE, SAID HOOK MEMBER HAVING A HOOK PORTION AND A SHANK PORTION, SAID SHANK PORTION BEING A FLAT SHEET METAL PIECE THE THICKNESS OF WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THE SIZE OF SAID OPENING, (D) A PAIR OF MEMBERS IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY FROM SAID UPPER SIDE INTO SUBSTANTIAL ABUTMENT WITH SAID LOWER SIDE OF SAID HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID OPENING IN SAID UPPER SIDE, AND (E) MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE SHANK OF SAID HOOK MEMBER TO SAID PERPENDICULARLY EXTENDING MEMBERS WITH THE PLANE OF THE SHANK OF THE HOOK MEMBER PARALLEL TO THE PLANES OF SAID PAIR OF MEMBERS WHEREBY SAID HOOK MEMBER CAN BE ROTATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE AND THE SHANK OF SAID HOOK MEMBER CAN BE MOVED THROUGH SAID OPENING IN SAID UPPER SIDE OF SAID HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE WHEN SAID HANGER SUPPORTING DEVICE IS DEMOUNTED FROM SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER.