Relievable hanger for clothing and the like

Claim 2

A relievable hanger for supporting articles of clothing or the like, comprising: an article-supporting arm having a rounded, elongated body and a hole therethrough adjacent one end thereof disposed substantially transverse to the axis of said body; a bracket element including a base plate for attachment to a vertical structural element and including a pair of forwardlyprojecting, substantially parallel bracket flanges, the distance between said bracket flanges being greater than the cross section of said arm so as to place said bracket flanges in contiguous relationship to saId arm to permit said arm to move freely therebetween, and the top and bottom edges of said bracket flanges being formed at angles of not less than substantially forty-five degrees to said base plate and further having a hole in each bracket flange, the centers of which lie on the same centerline, said centerline being disposed substantially transverse to said base plate; a journal pin for said arm said pin having a diameter smaller than said hole in said arm and freely movable therein and further being smaller in diameter than said holes in said bracket flanges, one end of said pin being disposed within one of said bracket flange holes and fixedly joined to said bracket flange and the other end being disposed within the other of said bracket flange holes and having a uniform cross-section from within the hole to the extremity of said pin end whereby said pin end is freely movable in longitudinal coaxial relationship to said hole; a first blunted shoulder on the inside face of one of said bracket flanges upon which said arm may rest; and a second blunted shoulder oppositely disposed from said first blunted shoulder on the inside face of the other of said bracket flanges upon which said arm may rest, wherein said first and second blunted shoulders are rounded and elongated and are substantially parallel to said base plate.

Claim 3

A relievable hanger as claimed in claim 1 wherein said shoulders are an integral part of the bracket flange material being formed by dimpling or impressing the outside face of the bracket flanges.

Claim 4

A relievable hanger for supporting articles of clothing or the like, comprising: a bracket element including a base plate for attachment to a vertical structural element, and further including a pair of substantially symmetrical, forwardly projecting bracket flanges disposed in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, said flanges having a pair of oppositely disposed openings therein, the central axis of said openings lying transverse to said base plate and disposed adjacently thereto, the top and bottom edges of said bracket flanges being formed at an angle of not less than substantially 45* to said base plate; a journal pin disposed within said flange openings and extending between said bracket flanges, one end of said pin being fixedly secured to one of said flanges and the other end of said pin being freely movable in a coaxial fashion within said hole of the other of said flange openings along the centerline of said other opening; an elongate, cylindrical, article-supporting arm, said arm including a hub portion adjacent one end of said arm, said hub portion adjacently disposed in spaced apart relationship to said base plate and freely journaled for rotation on said pin disposed between said bracket flanges, the end of said arm adjacent to said hub portion having a radiused portion thereon, the center of said radiused portion substantially coinciding with the central axis of said hub portion and said journal pin, said radiused portion serving to dispose of said arm in contiguous relationship to said base plate and bracket flanges of said bracket element restricting the passage of rope-like articles or the like therebetween, and a blunt, hemispherically contoured surface about the other end of said arm, said arm further having a diameter less than the spaced-apart distance between said pair of bracket flanges; an elongate, semi-cylindrically shaped shoulder projecting inwardly from said bracket flange in which said pin is fully movable, said shoulder disposed intermediate said opening in said bracket flange and the forwardmost edge of said bracket flange with its major axis disposed in parallel relationship to said base plate, the distance between the inwardlymost surface of said shoulder and said opposite bracket flange being less than the diameter of said article-supporting arm.

Claim 5

A relievable hanger for supporting articles of clothing or the like, comprising: a bracket element including a base plate for attachment to a vertical structural element, and further including a pair of substantially symmetrical, forwardly projecting bracket flanges disposed in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, said flanges having a pair of oppositely disposed openings therein, the central axis of said openings lying transverse to said base plate and disposed adjacently thereto, the top and bottom edges of said bracket flanges being formed at an angle of not less than substantially 45* to said base plate; a journal pin disposed within said flange openings and extending between said bracket flanges, one end of said pin being fixedly secured to one of said flanges and the other end of said pin being freely movable in a coaxial fashion within said hole of the other of said flange openings along the centerline of said other opening; an elongate, cylindrical, article-supporting arm, said arm including a hub portion adjacent one end of said arm, said hub portion adjacently disposed in spaced apart relationship to said base plate and freely journaled for rotation on said pin disposed between said bracket flanges, the end of said arm adjacent to said hub portion having a radiused portion thereon, the center of said radiused portion substantially coinciding with the central axis of said hub portion and said journal pin, said radiused portion serving to dispose of said arm in contiguous relationship to said base plate and bracket flanges of said bracket element restricting the passage of rope-like articles or the like therebetween, and a blunt, hemispherically contoured surface about the other end of said arm, said arm further having a diameter less than the spaced-apart distance between said pair of bracket flanges; an elongate, semi-cylindrically shaped shoulder projecting inwardly from said bracket flange in which said pin is fully movable, said shoulder disposed intermediate said opening in said bracket flange and the forwardmost edge of said bracket flange with its major axis disposed in parallel relationship to said base plate, the distance between the inwardlymost surface of said shoulder and said opposite bracket flange being less than the diameter of said article-supporting arm.