(54) RETRACTABLE NONLINEAR GARMENT HOOK
(75) Inventors: Daniel R. Spagnuolo, Holland; Ronald C. Perry, Jenison, both of MI (US)
(73) Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/928,555
(22) Filed: Aug. 13, 2001
(51) Int. C I. I 1611 45 00
(52) U.S. C I 248/307
(58) Field of Search 224/313, 311;
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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
DE 117961 1/1926
FR 768611 2/1934
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—Ramon O. Ramirez
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Price, Heneveld, Cooper,
DeWitt & Litton
(57) ABSTRACT
A garment hook assembly includes a housing which can be injection molded and includes two halves hinged together for surrounding and receiving a retractable garment hook. The housing halves each include an arcuate slot which align with one another when the housing is folded over the garment hook to a closed position for receiving a pair of laterally extending spaced pins extending from the hook into the arcuate slots of the housing for guiding the translation motion of the garment hook along a nonlinear arcuate path as it extends from and retracts into the housing.
20 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
