Clothes-hanging device

Abstract

A clothes-hanging device includes a fixed seat having pivot and support pins, and a support rod connected pivotally to the fixed seat and having an elongate pivot hole receiving the pivot pin. The support rod is pivotable about the pivot pin to move to a used state in which the support rod projects from the fixed seat in a cantilever fashion, or to a non-used state in which the support rod is hung downwardly from the fixed seat, or is folded upwardly to extend over the fixed seat. When the support rod is in the used state, the support pin abuts against and presses a top side of a first end of the support rod, and a pull member is fixed to the fixed seat, and is connected releasably to a second end of the support rod.

1 . A clothes-hanging device, comprising:
 a fixed seat adapted to be fixed on a support and having a pivot pin and a support pin that is disposed above said pivot pin;   a support rod connected pivotally to said fixed seat and having opposite first and second ends, an elongate pivot hole formed in said first end and receiving said pivot pin, and a plurality of hanging holes spaced apart along a longitudinal direction of said support rod, said support rod being pivotable about said pivot pin to move to a used state in which said support rod projects from said fixed seat in a cantilever fashion, or to a non-used state in which said support rod is hung downwardly from said fixed seat, or is folded upwardly to extend over said fixed seat, said pivot hole being elongated along said longitudinal direction and having first and second edges that are opposed in said longitudinal direction; and   a pull member fixed to said fixed seat and connected releasably to said second end of said support rod when said support rod is in said used state;   wherein, when said support rod is in said used state, said support pin abuts against and presses a top side of said first end of said support rod, said first edge of said pivot hole having a smaller distance from said support pin than said second edge, said second edge contacting said pivot pin; and   wherein, when said first edge moves to said pivot pin, said first end of said support rod is released from said support pin.   
   
   
       2 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 1 , wherein said support rod further includes a projecting block projecting upwardly from said second end and having an engaging hole, said fixed seat further including a hanging pin disposed above said support pin, said pull member including a rope connected to said hanging pin and said engaging hole. 
   
   
       3 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 2 , wherein said fixed seat has a vertical base plate adapted to be fixed to the support, two spaced-apart vertical flange plates projecting from said vertical base plate, and a plurality of main fixing elements to fix said vertical base plate to the support, said pivot pin, said support pin, and said hanging pin extending through said vertical flange plates, said support pin being nearer to said vertical base plate than said pivot pin. 
   
   
       4 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 2 , wherein said pull member further includes a length adjustment unit connected to said rope to adjust a total length of said pull member, thereby also adjusting an inclination of said support rod. 
   
   
       5 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 3 , wherein said fixed seat further includes two spaced-apart L-shaped reinforcing brackets each having a longitudinal section fixed to a respective one of said flange plates, and a transverse section pressed against and fixed to said vertical base plate, said fixed seat further including a first fixing element fixing said longitudinal section, and a second fixing element fixing said transverse section. 
   
   
       6 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 2 , further comprising an extension rod connected telescopically to said support rod and extendable from said second end, and a plurality of hanging holes provided in said extension rod. 
   
   
       7 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 6 , wherein said extension rod has opposite inner and outer ends, a longitudinal slide groove extending between said inner and outer ends, and a detent piece disposed within said slide groove proximate to said inner end, said support rod further having a stop piece projecting from an inner surface thereof proximate to said second end of said support rod, said stop piece extending slidably into said slide groove and being engageable with said detent piece when said inner end is moved to said second end upon outward extension of said extension rod from said support rod. 
   
   
       8 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 7 , wherein said extension rod further has a cover at said outer end, said extension rod being formed as an extension tube, said cover having a transverse plate covering one end of said extension tube, a tongue plate extending outwardly from said transverse plate, and a hanging hole formed in said tongue plate. 
   
   
       9 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 6 , wherein said support rod further has a longitudinal hanging plate projecting downwardly from said support rod and provided with a plurality of spaced-apart hanging holes that are spaced apart along the length of said hanging plate. 
   
   
       10 . The clothes-hanging device of  claim 2 , wherein said support rod further has a retaining plate extending upwardly from a top side thereof between said projecting block and said fixed seat, said retaining plate having a hooking element to engage said hanging pin when said support rod is folded over said fixed seat.