Device for hanging a garment with a neck, of the coat hanger type

Abstract

A device for hanging a collared garment, includes a support to be inserted into and hold the garment, on either side of the collar, and a hook secured to the support. The support has a body which ends in two folding ends, the device having an element for retracting the hook into the body, and an element for extending the folding ends such as to extend the body when a pulling force is applied to the hook, in order for the device to change from a first, more compact planar position, in which the folding ends are folded against the body and the hook is in the retracted position, to a second position in which the hook and the folding ends are extended, allowing the garment to be hung when a pulling force is applied to the hook of the device previously arranged in the garment.

1 . Device ( 1 ) for hanging a garment ( 2 ) with a neck ( 3 ), of the coat hanger type, comprising a support ( 5 ) intended to be fitted in said garment in order to support it, on either side of said neck ( 3 ), and a hook ( 6 ) integral with said support ( 5 ), characterised in that said support ( 5 ) has a body ( 7 ) and two foldable ends ( 8 , 9 ), said body ( 7 ) terminating in said two foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ), said device ( 1 ) having means for retracting the hook ( 6 ) at the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ), as well as means for deploying said foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) in line with the body ( 7 ), when a traction force is exerted on the hook, so that said device ( 1 ) can pass from a first position flat (P 0 ), with the least space requirement, in which said foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) are in their position folded at the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) and said hook ( 6 ) is in its retracted position, intended to prearrange, at the neck, the device in the garment, folded, with sleeves folded over, to a second position (P 10 ), in which the hook ( 6 ) and the said foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) are deployed, making it possible to suspend the garment, when a traction force is exerted on the hook of said device prearranged in the garment. 
     
     
         2 . Device according to  claim 1 , in which each of the foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) is able to pass from their folded position (P 1 ) at the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) to their deployed position (P 2 ), and vice versa, in rotation by means of hinges ( 300 ) or pivots ( 301 ), between the body ( 7 ) of the support and the foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ). 
     
     
         3 . Device according to  claim 1 , in which the hook ( 6 ) is designed to slide with respect to the body ( 7 ) of said support ( 5 ), able to pass from the retracted position (P 3 ) at the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) to the deployed position (P 4 ), and vice versa. 
     
     
         4 . Device according to  claim 1 , having means ( 11 ,  12 ,  13 ,  14 ;  208 ,  209 ) for locking said device in said second position (P 10 ). 
     
     
         5 . Device according to  claim 1 , in which, in the retracted position of the hook ( 6 ), said hook ( 6 ) is internal to the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ), to a major extent, or folded against the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ). 
     
     
         6 . Device according to  claim 1 , in which, in their folded position, the foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) are folded against the body of the support ( 5 ), or internal to the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ). 
     
     
         7 . Device according to  claim 2 , formed by at least one sheet ( 20 ;  21 ,  22 ;  23 ) of flexible material, forming at least the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ), such as cardboard, or even plastic, after operations of cutting, folding, grooving, or even gluing or welding. 
     
     
         8 . Device according to  claim 7 , consisting of a sheet ( 20 ) of flexible material in a single piece. 
     
     
         9 . Device according to  claim 7 , in which the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) consists essentially of a front face ( 51 ;  56 ) and a rear face ( 52 ;  57 ) adjoining at least at a folding line ( 53 ;  55 ) on which an opening ( 54 ) is provided through which the hook ( 6 ) can retract, at least partially, in the body ( 7 ) between said front face ( 51 ) and said rear face ( 52 ) of the support ( 5 ), or on the contrary be deployed out of said body ( 7 ), and in which said body ( 7 ) is extended laterally by four flaps ( 81 ,  82 ,  84 ,  91 ,  92 ,  94 ), wherein two flaps ( 81 ,  82 ,  84 ), facing each other, locally secured together, form one ( 8 ) of the foldable ends, and two other flaps ( 91 ,  92 ,  94 ), facing each other, locally secured together, form the other foldable end ( 9 ), cutouts ( 91 ,  92 ,  94 ) representing said hinges ( 300 ) between the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) and the foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ), at least one of the front or rear faces ( 51 ) being extended by a base ( 10 ) cooperating with said hook ( 6 ) and making it possible to cause the automatic deployment of the foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) by erecting said support ( 5 ). 
     
     
         10 . Device according to  claim 9 , in which the hook ( 6 ) adjoins the front face ( 51 ) of the body of the support ( 5 ) via a connecting area ( 30 ) of the sheet ( 20 ;  23 ), two parallel folding lines ( 60 ,  61 ) of said connecting area ( 30 ) defining said base ( 10 ). 
     
     
         11 . Device according to  claim 10 , in which the device is formed at least from said sheet ( 23 ) of flexible material, such as in particular cardboard, forming at least the body of the support ( 5 ) with the connecting area ( 30 ) after cutting and folding/grooving operations, but without a gluing or welding step. 
     
     
         12 . Device according to  claim 10 , in which a locking tab ( 205 ) on the rear face ( 52 ) is inserted in a slot ( 207 ) in the connecting area ( 30 ), said locking tab ( 205 ) and said slot ( 207 ) cooperate slidably between the first flat position (P 0 ) and said second position (P 10 ) of the device. 
     
     
         13 . Device according to  claim 10 , in which the hook ( 6 ) is a moulded plastic part. 
     
     
         14 . Device according to  claim 12 , which the hook ( 6 ) and the connecting area ( 30 ) can be assembled by a quarter-turn fixing consisting of a slot ( 203 ) in the sheet ( 23 ) and a male part ( 204 ) of the hook ( 6 ), insertable in a first relative position between the hook ( 6 ) and the slot ( 203 ) in said slot ( 203 ), the locking being obtained by a rotation of 90° between the hook ( 6 ) and the slot ( 203 ). 
     
     
         15 . Device according to  claim 9 , in which the hook is adjacent to a stop ( 63 ) able to cooperate with said base ( 10 ) when said hook ( 6 ) is deployed, in order to cause the erection of said support ( 5 ). 
     
     
         16 . Garment ( 2 ) with a neck ( 3 ), folded, with sleeves folded over the body of the garment, including a device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , prearranged at the neck ( 3 ), the hook ( 6 ) in the retracted position, the foldable ends ( 8 ,  9 ) in their said folded position at the body ( 7 ) of said support ( 5 ). 
     
     
         17 . Method of packaging a garment ( 2 ) with a neck ( 3 ), with sleeves, comprising the following steps:
 a suspension device ( 1 ) according to  claim 1  is arranged at the neck ( 3 ) of the garment ( 2 ), in the garment,   the garment is folded at least by folding over the sleeves of the garment, on the body of the garment, said device being in its flat position, the hook ( 6 ) in its retracted position at the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) of the device ( 1 ), the foldable ends folded at said body ( 7 ) of said support ( 5 ),   optionally, the folded garment ( 2 ) and its device ( 1 ) prearranged at the neck are arranged under plastic film.   
     
     
         18 . Device according to  claim 2 , in which the hook ( 6 ) is designed to slide with respect to the body ( 7 ) of said support ( 5 ), able to pass from the retracted position (P 3 ) at the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ) to the deployed position (P 4 ), and vice versa. 
     
     
         19 . Device according to  claim 1 , formed by at least one sheet ( 20 ;  21 ,  22 ;  23 ) of flexible material, forming at least the body ( 7 ) of the support ( 5 ), such as cardboard, or even plastic, after operations of cutting, folding, grooving, or even gluing or welding. 
     
     
         20 . Device according to  claim 11 , in which a locking tab ( 205 ) on the rear face ( 52 ) is inserted in a slot ( 207 ) in the connecting area ( 30 ), said locking tab ( 205 ) and said slot ( 207 ) cooperate slidably between the first flat position (P 0 ) and said second position (P 10 ) of the device.