US1748193A - Garment sizer - Google Patents

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Feb. 25, 1930. A QNGER 1,748,193

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' Patented Feb. 25,1930

omen STATES PATENT oFFicE AARON SINGER, or GREAT FALLS, MONTANA GARMENT 'SIZER Application filed August a, 1927'. s m No. 211,068.

sorted and stored on rods, pipes, and the like,

. it is quite advantageous to maintain the garments or other articles separated in some way accordingto size or price or the like. Ac-

cordingly, the present invention contemplates'markers or the like which may be secured on the rod or rack, a marker beinginterposed between each group of articles.

a Such marker, spacer or sizer is preferably I of disk-like form or circular and has an opening therein with a split extending from the opening to the edge of the disk to permit the spacer or sizer to be placed on the rod or rack. The split, of course, is necessary, but often" the ends formed by said split become offset from each other and allow the shanks 'ofgarment hangers to enter the opening in the disk. For this reason, a further object of the invention is the provision of means for' releasably'locking the ends formed by the split, together. 1 A further object is to. reduce the friction created by the spacer or sizer being moved along the rack orrod. r Another object is to provide means for temporarily securing cards or other data bearing elements on the spacer or sizer.

--In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a sizer or spacer constituting the present invention. Fig. 2 isa'sectional View on the line 22 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3-is a perspective view of the sizer or spacer on a rod, rack, or the like.

In order that the sizer or spacer may be H comparatively light and lnexpensive to manufacture, it is preferably made up from a disk of cardboard, 10, usually circular with an aperture 11 formed centrally therein, the

size of the aperturedepending upon the cross sections of the rod or rackg1-2 on which said sizer is to be used. For the purpose of plac ing thesizer on the rod, the disk is split, as

at 13, the split extending from aperture 11 to the edge of the disk.

. When in use, the spacer is moved back and forthalong the rod quite frequently, and to overcome the frictional engagement between the rod; and the wall of aperture'll, said wall is provided with a metallic facing or linen Preferably said linen-indicated at '14, I extends around the wal1.of said aperture,

this theends are releasably locked together,

for instance, by means ofpins 15 on one side of split 18 engaging in I'GCGSSGSfG in the opposite side. 13% tothe resiliency of the paper disk, the pins 15 will be more or less spring pressed into said recesses. 'So far as this feature is concerned, anyresilient material could be usedinmaking disk 10.

- Bothsides of disk 10may be utilized for carrying, any desired information permanently impressed thereon, but in the event it is desired to'only temporarily place certain I around the disk so that a card under at least one of them will be visible at all times. This sizer or spacer can be used for separatlng artlcles according to size or price and,

in fact, for any purpose requiring separation of articles ofmerchandise that is stored on racks, rods or the like. The sizers may be made in sets of different colors which could designate differences in price, sizes, styles, or color ranges.

I claim:

1. A garment sizer or spacer for garments suspended on an elongated support comprising a disk of -resilient material having an aperture therein and a slit extending from said aperture to the edge of the disk to permit the spacer to be placed transversely on said support, and cooperating elements in the abutting surfaces of the split for releasably holding said slit closed, the resiliency of said disk yieldingly holding said elements in engagement with each other.

2. A garment sizer or spacer comprising a paper disk having a central aperture and a split extending from said aperture to the edge of the disk, whereby the spacer may be placed on an elongated garment supporting member at any point intermediate the ends of the latter while a plurality of garments are suspended from the same, a metal facing on the wall of said aperture and split, and cooperating members in the walls of said split for preventing relative movement of the ends of the disk the resiliency of the disk yieldingly retaining said cooperating members in engagement with one another.

3. A garment sizer or spacer comprising a paper disk having a central aperture and a split extending from said aperture to the edge of the disk whereby the spacer may beplaced on an elongated garment supporting member at any point intermediate the ends of the lattcr while a plurality ofgarments are suspended from the same, a metal facing on thewall of said aperture and split, one wall of said split having a recess therein and projection on the other wall of said split engageable in said recess to lock the ends of the split disk together, the resiliency of said disk yieldingly retaining said projection in said recess.

4. A garment sizer or spacer comprising a j disk like member having a central aperture and a split extending from saidaperture to the edge of the disk, and cooperating fastening members for detachably securing the edges of the split together and preventing relative movement of the edges of the split,

said fastening members being completely concealed when the edges of thesplit are. secured together. r .r

AARON SINGER.

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