Clothes hanger organization method and system

Abstract

A method and system for organizing different kinds of clothes hangers into separate groups. The system mounts each hanger on a sloped arm that is opposes and is separated from an opposing sloped arm by a vertically oriented structural member. Each sloped arm, in connection with the vertically oriented structural member, causes the a group of clothes hangers mounted on the arm to cant away from an adjacent group of clothes hangers mounted on an opposing adjacent arm. The canting of one group of clothes hangers away from another group minimizes the likelihood that hangers in one group will become entangled with hangers is another adjacent group.

1 . A hanger organizer for clothes hangers including a head and a support structure, the head being shaped to mount the hanger, the organizer comprising, in combination, 
 (a) a support skeleton including 
 (i) hook means for mounting said skeleton,  
 (ii) an elongate vertically oriented body connected to said hook means,  
 (iii) a first arm 
 connected to and extending outwardly from said body, including a finger canting downwardly toward said body, shaped and dimensioned to receive the heads of a first group of clothes hangers free of clothes, said heads sliding downwardly under gravity toward said body in bunched-together relationship such that one of the heads contacts said body and the first group of hangers cants away from said body,  
 
 (iv) a second arm 
 connected to and extending outwardly from said body away from said first arm,  
 opposing said first arm,  
 shaped and dimensioned to receive the heads of a second group of clothes hangers free of clothes, said heads of the second group sliding downwardly under gravity toward said body in bunched-together relationship such that one of the heads of the second group contacts the body and the second group of hangers cants away from said body and from the first group of hangers;  
 
   (b) a primary group of clothes hangers each including a head mounted on said first arm, said primary group of clothes hangers canting away from said body; and    (c) a secondary group of clothes hangers each including a head mounted on said second arm, said secondary group of clothes hangers canting away from said body and away from said primary group of clothes hangers.    
     
     
         2 . A method of separating different hangers in a group of clothes hangers free of clothes, the group of hangers including hangers of a first type and hangers of a second type, each hanger including a head and a support structure, the head being shaped to mount the hanger, said method including the steps of 
 (a) providing hanger separation apparatus comprising a support skeleton including 
 (i) hook means for mounting said skeleton,  
 (ii) an elongate vertically oriented body connected to said hook means,  
 (iii) a first arm 
 connected to and extending outwardly from said body,  
 including a finger canting downwardly toward said body,  
 shaped and dimensioned to receive the heads of a first bunched-together group of clothes hangers free of clothes, said heads sliding downwardly under gravity along said first arm toward said body in bunched-together relationship such that one of said heads contacts said body and the first group of hangers cants away from said body,  
 
 (iv) a second arm 
 connected to and extending outwardly from said body away from said first arm,  
 opposing said first arm,  
 shaped and dimensioned to receive the heads of a second group of clothes hangers free of clothes, said heads of the second group sliding downwardly under gravity along said second arm toward said body in bunched-together relationship such that one of said heads of the second group contacts the body and the second group of hangers cants away from said body and from the first group of hangers;  
 
 (b) mounting in the first arm the head of each hanger of the first type;  
 (c) mounting in the second arm the head of each hanger of the second type.  
   
     
     
         3 . In combination with a closet including a floor, and a back wall, the improvements comprising apparatus for organizing clothes hangers free of clothes and each including a head and a support structure, the head being shaped to mount the hanger, the apparatus comprising, in combination, 
 (a) a horizontally oriented rod mounted in the closet above the floor of the closet;    (b) a support skeleton including 
 (i) hook means mounted on said rod,  
 (ii) an elongate vertically oriented body connected to said hook means,  
 (iii) a first arm 
 connected to and extending outwardly from said body, including a finger canting downwardly toward said body, shaped and dimensioned to receive the heads of a first group of clothes hangers free of clothes, said heads sliding downwardly along said first arm under gravity toward said body in bunched-together relationship such that one of the heads contacts said body and the first group of hangers cants away from said body,  
 
 (iv) a second arm 
 connected to and extending outwardly from said body away from said first arm,  
 opposing said first arm,  
 shaped and dimensioned to receive the heads of a second group of clothes hangers free of clothes, said heads of the second group sliding downwardly along said second arm under gravity toward said body in bunched-together relationship such that one of the heads of the second group contacts the body and the second group of hangers cants away from said body and from the first group of hangers;  
 
   (c) a primary bunched-together group of clothes hangers each free of clothing and including a head slidably mounted on said first arm, said primary group of clothes hangers canting away from said body and being spaced above the floor of the closet; and    (d) a secondary bunched-together group of clothes hangers each free of clothing and including a head slidably mounted on said second arm, said secondary group of clothes hangers canting away from said body and away from said primary group of clothes hangers and being spaced above the floor of the closet.