Who invented the Coathanger?

Today’s wire coat hanger was inspired by a clothes hook patented in 1869, by O. A. North of New Britain, Connecticut.

Albert J. Parkhouse, an employee of Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company in Jackson, Michigan, created a coat hanger in 1903, in response to co-workers’ complaints of too few coat hooks. He bent a piece of wire into two ovals with the ends twisted together to form a hook. Parkhouse patented his invention, but it is not known if he profited from it.

Schuyler C. Hulett received a patent in 1932 for an improvement which involved cardboard tubes screwed onto the upper and lower portions to prevent wrinkles in freshly laundered clothes.

Many believe that President Thomas Jefferson invented the wooden coat hanger, but the wire coat hanger was invented in 1869 by O.A. North from New Britian, Connecticut.

Who Invented The Coat Hanger?

Today’s wire coat hanger was inspired by a clothes hook patented in 1869, by O. A. North of New Britain, Connecticut.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcloathanger.htm

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/coathanger.htm

The True Story of;

How the Wire Coat Hanger Got Invented

http://www.vcnet.com/garym/hanger/hanger.html

John P. Coathanger

William C. Coathanger (III)

EDIT: 18 seconds earlier and I would have had an original joke…

chineese drycleaner

started as a bamboo rod with a wire twisted in it to hang from the middle

Mr Hanger, who got sick of his coat falling on the floor.

Joan Crawford did a lot for their profile

julious hanger of coat.