Supports: racks – Article locking
Patent
1996-11-04
1998-07-28
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Supports: racks
Article locking
211 96, 211168, 70 59, 70 62, A47F 500
Patent
active
057851840
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention is based on a stand with hangers for items of clothing as is used in textiles retailing, e.g. in clothes shops, for displaying the goods, to be precise, in particular, also outside the shop in the open air, e.g. in pedestrianized areas. In this case, theft prevention is of the utmost importance.
Securing hangers comprising a continuous wire whose two ends are connected to one another by means of a lock, which can be operated by a key, are known. In the open state, such a hanger is placed over the clothes rail and is connected non-releasably to the latter after the lock has been closed. In order to secure on the hanger the item of clothing, e.g. a valuable coat, which is hanging on it, a chain or a cable which cannot be cut is passed, from the hanger, through the sleeve of the item of clothing and back again to the hanger. At its two ends, the cable has eyelets which are fitted over the hanger wire when the hanger is open.
The object of the invention is to propose a system for displaying and storing items of clothing which combines theft prevention with a new method of displaying goods and is simple to use.
This object is achieved by the invention, according to which the clothes hangers have two laterally projecting extension arms which are received rotatably in bearings of the stand at their ends. The bearings preferably have a common axis, with the result that, in contrast to a conventional, centrally suspended hanger, the hanger, with the item of clothing, can be pivoted around the common axis which runs alongside the item of clothing. It is thus possible to "leaf through" the items of clothing similarly to the pages of a book. In this case, the bearing axes are preferably inclined a little towards the observer. The clothes hangers thus assume a stable rest position, with the result that all the items of clothing provided on the stand remain in an ordered arrangement at regular intervals.
As regards theft prevention, it is essential that one of the extension arms can be passed through the sleeve or the trouser leg of the item of clothing in question, and all that is then necessary is to secure the hanger on the stand against removal. This considerably simplifies the use of the stand.
Rather than appearing to the customer first and foremost as a new securing system, such a stand with its hangers gives the impression of being another type of display system. In contrast to equipment which is obviously for the purpose of theft prevention, this has the advantage of providing a friendly atmosphere which encourages the customer to make a purchase.
In order to make it possible to use hangers of different length, it may be expedient for the hanger to have bearings in more than two, in particular three, planes, said bearings having a common axis running through them.
Theft prevention can basically be achieved by the extension arms having bearing journals at their ends, said bearing journals being secured by at least one lock against being pulled out of corresponding bearing openings. Preferably, a common securing means which can be locked by a lock is provided for a plurality of hangers. This may be done by the common movable securing means covering the end sections of the extension arms inserted into the bearing openings. In this case, a swing-action, rotatable or displaceable common flat securing means is conceivable.
A more sophisticated securing means which cannot be seen by the observer can be achieved if the bearing journals are each provided with a head or transverse protrusion which is retained by narrowing the effective receiving opening, with the result that it is no longer possible for the bearing journal to be pulled out.
The stand may be of an elongate design and may be provided with hangers on one or both sides. For the purpose of mounting and securing in each case one row of bearing journals, two concentric tubes which can be rotated one inside the other and have wall openings arranged radially one above the other are advantageously provided on such a stand, it being possible for the c
REFERENCES:
patent: 3935949 (1976-02-01), Cohen
patent: 4088228 (1978-05-01), Schwalbe
patent: 4640420 (1987-02-01), McKay
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