From a terminology point of view, a primary garment hanger is the hanger, be it metal, wood or plastic upon which a garment is placed for disposition upon a clothes bar or rod within the confines of a closet. A secondary garment hanger is a hanger which is to be disposed upon a clothes rod within a closet, and which is adapted to receive other hangers, which are in fact primary hangers as previously enunciated.
Multigarment clothes hanger devices in the past have been multigarment primary hangers. Many men, for example, have metal or plastic devices having a plurality of spaced bars joined together to form a body which is connected in one fashion or another to a hook portion which in turn is disposed upon a clothes bar. While such devices are suitable for men's pants, they are not intended for suits or jackets, and in no way do they inhibit moth or other insect infestation.
It is known in the art to have plastic receptacles for paradichlorbenzene or moth balls. It is even known to provide hooks for mounting such receptacles upon clothes bars. While paradichlorobenzene does inhibit moth infestation, one can not wear clothes immediately after removing them from a closet which has been "protected" by paradichlorobenzene, due to the offensive odor of such chemical, and because some people are even allergic to the smell of moth balls. There is a need therefore for a clothes protector which can be brought into close proximity of a maximum of garments to afford insect protection, and which will not be malodorous.
It is an object therefore of this invention to provide a combination primary and secondary hanger device for use in clothing closets which is not malodorous.
It is another object of the invention to provide a secondary hanger which is adapted to inhibit clothes eating moth and other insect infestation in hanging garments for a large number of garments in the space normally occupied by about three garments on hangers.
It is a third object to provide a two piece hanger device that is capable of holding at least two and perhaps as many as twelve garments simultaneously, while saving closet space.
It is a still further object to provide a moth and other insect inhibiting hanger device that can be used as a primary and a secondary hanger either separately or simultaneously.
Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.
The invention accordingly comprises the device which possesses the features properties and the relation of components which are exemplified in the following detailed disclosure and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.
For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be made to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.