EP 1578233 A1 20050928 - FOLDABLE CLOTHES HANGER
Title (en)
FOLDABLE CLOTHES HANGER
Title (de)
FALTBARER KLEIDERBÜGEL
Title (fr)
CINTRE PLIABLE
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 0205942 W 20021230
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2004058013A1] A foldable clothes hanger comprising two foldable arms (17,22) mounted pivotably on a common axis (8), each arm (17,22) having a part provided with a toothed arcuate rack (14,19) engaging a pinion (24,23) that is mounted pivotally on an adjacent parallel axis (9). Each of the arms (17,22) carries a generally arcuate limb provided with latch means (13,18), and the hanger comprises catch means (5,4) to engage with the latch means (13,18). Means (3) are provided to effect resilient engagement between the latch means (13,18) and the catch means (13,18), and release means (6,28), e.g.comprising an integral pushbutton (28), are manually operable to counter the resilient engagement and permit disengagement of the latch means (13,18) and the catch means (5,4).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A47G 25/40 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A47G 25/4023 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2004058013A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2004058013 A1 20040715; AU 2002361455 A1 20040722; CN 1741762 A 20060301; EP 1578233 A1 20050928; US 2006054646 A1 20060316
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 0205942 W 20021230; AU 2002361455 A 20021230; CN 02830204 A 20021230; EP 02796928 A 20021230; US 54113505 A 20050629