Wire (top) and wooden (bottom) clothes hangers

Clothes hanger with Clamps

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• Human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles, with a lower bar for the hanging of trousers or skirts.
• Clamp for the hanging of trousers or skirts.

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There are two basic types of clothes hangers, the wire hanger, a simple loop of wire in a flattened triangle shape, with the wire continuing into a hook at the top, and the wooden hanger, a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang-like shape, and with the edges sanded down to prevent damage to the clothing, with a hook, usually of metal, protruding from the point. Some wooden hangers have a rounded bar from tip to tip, forming a flattened triangle, this bar is designed to hang the trousers belonging to the jacket. There are also plastic coat hangers, which mostly mimic the shape of either a wire or wooden hanger. Plastic coat hangers are also produced in smaller sizes to accommodate the shapes of children's clothes. This article is about the wooden implement. ...

Some hangers have clips along the bottom for suspending skirts. Dedicated skirt and trousers hangers may dispense with the triangular shape and just be a rod with clips. Specialized pant hanger racks may accommodate many pairs of trousers. A skirt is a traditionally feminine tube- or cone-shaped garment which is worn from the waist and covers the legs. ...

A garment bag is designed to accommodate a clothes hanger with clothes such that the hanging hook protrudes from the top of the garment bag.

Foldable clothes hangers that are designed to be inserted through the collar area to make it easier to use, and reduce stretching are a new, yet useful variation on traditional clothes hangers.

History

Some historians believe President Thomas Jefferson invented the wooden clothes hanger.^{[citation needed]} However, today's most used hanger, the wire hanger, was inspired by a coat hook that was invented in 1869 by O. A. North of New Britain, Connecticut.^{[citation needed]} An employee of the Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company, Albert J. Parkhouse has also been credited with the invention.^{[citation needed]} The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... Nickname: Location within the state of Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Hartford Region Central Connecticut Incorporated (town) 1850 Incorporated (city) 1870 Consolidated 1905 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Timothy T. Stewart Area  - City 34. ...

In 1932, Schuyler C. Hulett patented an improved design, which used cardboard tubes mounted on the upper and lower parts of the wire to prevent wrinkles, and in 1935, Elmer D. Rogers added a tube on the lower bar, which is still used.^{[citation needed]} Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Corrugated cardboard. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

Materials

They can be made in wood, wire, plastic, rarely from rubber substance and other materials.

There are also clothes hangers that have been padded with fine materials, such as satin, for expensive clothes, lingerie and fancy dresses. The soft, plush padding is intended to protect garments and keep them from getting shoulder dents from wire hangers. Look up Satin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Assorted lingerie styles. ...

In culture

A wire clothes hanger was also a featured prop in a central scene in the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest, in which Joan Crawford, played by Faye Dunaway, went into the room of her daughter, Christina, at night while the girl was sleeping to admire the clothes hanging nicely in her closet. She then became enraged upon discovery that Christina had once again used a cheap wire hanger, instead of a nice one as she had instructed her to use, woke her up and gave her a thrashing. Joan's constant cry of "No wire hangers, ever!" quickly worked its way into pop culture and the phrase is now synonymous with those who tend to always want to be in control. // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Mommie Dearest is a 1981 Paramount drama motion picture starring Faye Dunaway. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905[1]– May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. ... Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

In comedy, people can be depicted wearing their cloths with their clothes hangers.This happens in real life too,if the person was in a hurry or absent minded.

Unfolded wired Clothes hanger,because of their use in performing illegal (mainly self induced) abortions (by inserting one in the uterus), Whoopi Goldberg used one as a symbol in a pro-choice rally in Washington 2004^[1]. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Silverstein, November 13, 1955),[1] is an American comedian, film actress and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only a few individuals (including Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn and Helen Hayes) who have won an Academy Award, a Tony, an Emmy, and... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Unintended uses

Wire clothes hangers are often used as cheap, easily available sources of semi-tough wire for all sorts of home projects. Many do-it-yourself, and children's projects, use wire hangers as holders of various types, to keeping a brake caliper from hanging by the brake line during auto repair work, to securing a gate on a bird cage. After sanding, wire hangers also find uses as conducting wire for uses as varied as hotwiring cars to games [1] to test hand steadiness.They are also commonly used to forcibly gain entry into automobiles; however with the increased complication of car locks and entry systems, such methods are often unsuccessful on newer cars.Unfolded wired Clothes hanger are also used in performing illegal abortions on humans or on animals, by women on themselves or with help. Tempering is a heat treatment technique for metals and alloys. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• Clothes valet (also called, men's valet/valet stand).

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References

1. ^ Women rally for reproductive rights, Toni Locy,on USA Today, 25 April 2004.