Coat hanger stand

Claim 1

A coat hanger stand comprising a base means, a pair of spaced tubular uprights on said base means, a pair of inner-tube members telescopically received in the respective uprights, a cross bar attached to said inner-tube members for carrying coat hangers and a height adjusting means for releasably locking the inner-tube members at selected heights within said uprights, said height adjusting means comprising in each upright a pressure tube within said inner-tube, said pressure tube being fixed relative to said upright and terminating in a sloping upper end and a ball in said inner-tube above said pressure tube, the weight of said inner-tube and cross bar urging said ball downwardly into arcuate pressure contact on one side of the ball with an internal surface portion of the inner-tube and on the other side of the ball into arcuate pressure contact with an internal surface portion of said sloping upper end of the pressure tube to lock the inner-tube in position with respect to said pressure tube and a striker rod within said pressure tube for lifting the ball to release said pressure contact and free the inner-tube for vertical movement relative to the upright and base means.