阅读说明：本技术 一种带内置灯的衣架 (Clothes hanger with built-in lamp ) 是由 T·米切尔 于 2020-04-07 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种衣架,包括：肩袖框架,该肩袖框架用于支撑衣物；挂钩,该挂钩连接于所述肩袖上,以便于悬挂在外点上；发光装置,该发光装置安装在所述套筒框架的顶部中心部分上；以及运动传感器,该运动传感器与所述发光装置通信,以在发生外部运动时启动所述发光装置。(A garment hanger, comprising: a rotator cuff frame for supporting the garment; a hook connected to the rotator cuff so as to be hung on an outer point; a light emitting device mounted on a top center portion of the sleeve frame; and a motion sensor in communication with the light emitting device to activate the light emitting device upon the occurrence of an external motion.)

1. A garment hanger, comprising:

a rotator cuff frame for supporting a garment;

the hook is connected to the rotator cuff so as to be hung on an outer point;

a light emitting device mounted on a top center portion of the sleeve frame; and

a motion sensor in communication with the light emitting device to activate the light emitting device upon the occurrence of external motion.

2. The garment hanger according to claim 1, further comprising a remote RF (radio frequency) receiver in communication with the light emitting device to enable or disable the light emitting device.

3. The garment hanger according to claim 1, further comprising a controller that controls the light emitting device and the motion sensor to enable and disable the light emitting device based on external motion in a dark environment.

4. The garment hanger according to claim 1, further comprising a primary or secondary battery mounted in a top central portion of the sleeve frame surrounding the hook, the battery powering the light emitting device and the motion sensor.

5. A garment hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting arrangement comprises a Light Emitting Diode (LED).

6. A garment hanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light emitting device comprises a solid state light emitting device.

7. The garment hanger according to claim 1, wherein the motion detector comprises a Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor to detect external motion of an object or user in a dark environment.

8. A suspension device comprising:

a frame supporting an object;

a hook connected to the frame to be hung on an external point;

a light emitting device mounted on a top center portion of the frame; and

a motion sensor in communication with the light emitting device to enable or disable the light emitting device.

9. The suspension device of claim 8, further comprising a remote RF (radio frequency) receiver in communication with the light emitting device to enable or disable the light emitting device.

10. The suspension device of claim 8, further comprising a controller that controls the light emitting device and motion sensor to enable and disable the light emitting device.

11. The suspension device according to claim 8, further comprising a primary or secondary battery mounted in a top central portion of the frame around the hanger, the battery powering the light emitting device and the motion sensor.

12. The suspension of claim 8, wherein the light emitting device comprises a Light Emitting Diode (LED).

13. The suspension device of claim 8, wherein the light emitting device comprises a solid state light emitting device.

14. The suspension device of claim 8, wherein the motion detector comprises a Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor for detecting external motion of an object or user.

15. A garment hanger, comprising:

a left shoulder seam and a right shoulder seam;

an LED (light emitting diode) device mounted on the left shoulder seam;

an LED device mounted on the right shoulder seam;

the LED device is arranged at the bottom between the left shoulder seam and the right shoulder seam; and

a motion sensor mounted around a central portion of the hanger, a remote RF receiver, a control chip and a battery.

Technical Field

The present invention relates generally to embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for supporting garments or other articles, and in particular, the present invention includes, but is not limited to, methods, apparatuses, and systems for hangers having built-in lights such as LEDs (light emitting diodes).

Background

With the growing number of people and busy schedules today, people are less and less time to put in order and manage their clothing. In smaller spaces, there are dark areas, and the fixed mounting of lighting does not quickly provide adequate lighting for people to view stored items.

In such small closets, rooms or storage areas with poor lighting, innovative lighting is needed to provide this lighting conveniently and efficiently to people.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing and other problems, drawbacks, and disadvantages of the background art, as discussed above, an exemplary aspect of the present invention is to provide a method, apparatus, and system for automatically or remotely turning on a built-in LED lamp.

One aspect of the present invention is to provide a clothes hanger including a sleeve frame supporting clothes, a hook connected to a shoulder sleeve to be hung at an external point, a light emitting device installed at a top center portion of the sleeve frame, and a motion sensor communicating with the light emitting device to activate the light emitting device when external motion occurs.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a suspension device including a frame supporting an object, a hook connected to the frame to be suspended at an external point, a light emitting device installed at a central portion of a top of the frame, and a motion sensor communicating with the light emitting device to enable or disable the light emitting device.

Another exemplary aspect of the present invention is to provide a hanger comprising a left shoulder seam (team) and a right shoulder seam, an LED (light emitting diode) device mounted on the left shoulder seam, an LED device mounted on the right shoulder seam, an LED device mounted at a bottom between the left shoulder seam and the right shoulder seam, a motion sensor, a remote RF (radio frequency) receiver, and a control chip and a battery mounted at a central portion around a hook.

Thus, the foregoing has outlined rather broadly certain embodiments of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the embodiments herein may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional embodiments of the invention that will be described below and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. In addition to the described embodiments, the invention is capable of embodiments that are practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein, as well as the abstract, are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Drawings

Exemplary aspects of the invention may be better understood by the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 illustrates an example embodiment of a garment hanger.

FIG. 2 is an illustration of another view of a hanger of an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an illustration of another view of a hanger of an exemplary embodiment.

Figure 4 shows another example embodiment of a garment hanger.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of another view of another example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is an illustration of a bottom view of a battery cartridge of another example embodiment.

Fig. 7 shows an exemplary embodiment of a hanger in a closet.

FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary hardware system that integrates an exemplary embodiment of the present invention within itself.

FIG. 9 illustrates an exemplary hardware system that integrates the exemplary embodiments of the present invention within itself.

FIG. 10 illustrates another exemplary hardware system that integrates the exemplary embodiments of the present invention within itself.

Detailed Description

The present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts throughout. It is emphasized that, according to common practice, the various features of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. On the contrary, the dimensions of the various features are arbitrarily expanded or reduced for clarity. The following example embodiments are provided for illustrative purposes only and do not limit the claims.

Fig. 1 shows a hanger of an exemplary embodiment. A hanger 100 for hanging a garment (a garment hanger) comprises a hanging portion 102, the hanging portion 102 being connected to a body portion or a sleeve 104 supporting the garment. An electronic system 120 is located in the top portion 112 of the body 104. An illumination portion 110 is included in the electronic system, and optional input devices, sensors, or additional illuminators 106 and 108. The illumination portion 110 may be a Light Emitting Diode (LED)110 or other type of light emitting element. Reference numerals 106 and 108 may also be additional LEDs or other types of optional control input buttons.

The hanger 100 may be a slip-resistant velvet hanger, or other hangers may also be provided with LED lights 110. The hanger 100 may be used in a closet or a storage room with poor lighting. One or more of these hangers 100 are sufficient to provide the illumination needed to view all of the garments in a small or large space without the need for additional light fixtures. The number of the hangers 100 may be changed so that the area of the room can be flexibly illuminated. The hangers 100 may be placed in a corner of a closet or at any interval. The lamp 110 can flexibly illuminate places where overhead lighting cannot be illuminated. The lights 106 and 108 may provide additional light sources to further illuminate the room from different directions. The user can simply hang the garment up as usual without installing other lighting devices, just touching a button for remote control (options 106 and 108) or waving his hand to turn on the LED lights 110 (options 106 and 108) and illuminate the closet. The lamp will also automatically turn off after a few minutes or seconds. The time may be pre-programmed or altered by a remote control device.

FIG. 2 is an illustration of another view of a hanger of an exemplary embodiment. Figure 3 is an illustration of yet another view of a hanger of an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1-3, LED lights 106, 108 and 110 are disposed on hanger seam 101. The battery and electronic chip for controlling the LED light 110 are mounted in a compartment space 107 within the hanger seam 104, the compartment space 107 preferably being mounted in the central portion between the left and right hanger seams 104 and 122.

As indicated above, hanger 100 has a set of built-in LED lights 106, 108, 110 that can be disposed on the edges around hook 102 at shoulder seams 104 and 122. A compartment 124 is disposed in the center portion between shoulder seams 104 and 122.

A compartment 124 is placed in the central portion between the shoulder seams 104 and 122 and a motion sensor and/or remote control chip powered by a primary or secondary battery may be mounted inside the compartment 124. Accordingly, the LED lights 106, 108, 110 may be configured to be motion sensitive and/or remote controlled.

Figure 4 illustrates another example embodiment of a garment hanger 200. The hanger 200 includes a hook portion 208 and a shoulder seam or frame 202 for hanging a garment.

The hanger 200 may also be a slip-resistant velvet hanger, or may have other types of slip-resistant surfaces, or may have any other type of surface or material. The hanger 200 may be configured with an LED light 220, the LED light 220 being visible through a cover 208 made of a translucent or transparent material to cover the electronic system 204. The cover 208 may include a permanent or variable logo 210, the logo 210 being displayed by an LED or permanent ink printed thereon. The LED lamp 220 may be a plurality of LEDs, a single LED lamp, or an array of lamps connected in series or in other patterns. Other types of light emitting devices may be used in addition to LEDs. The style of the logo 210 may be changed manually or by an alphanumeric programmable LED that is visible through the compartment cover 208. The hanger 200 may be used in a closet or a storage room. Optically, the cover 208 may help to diffuse the light or direct the projection of the light.

It is advantageous to place the electronic system 204 with the LEDs 220 in the top center portion of the frame 202 so that the clothing can be supported and a space is provided where light is emitted by the LEDs 220 and the motion detector can detect motion without obstruction. The electronic system 204 may be located in other spaces of the hanger 200 that need to be free of obstructions.

The number of hangers 200 can vary, which also provides flexibility. The hanger 200 may be placed in a corner of the storage room, or at any interval, or at any position, and may be laid or moved at any time to provide illumination in a space where light is difficult to project. The LED 220 can flexibly illuminate places where overhead lighting cannot illuminate. The user can simply hang up the garment as usual without installing additional lighting, just touching a button for remote control or waving one's hand, to turn on the LED lamp 220 and illuminate the closet. The lights 220 will also automatically turn off after a few minutes or seconds, and the time may be preprogrammed or altered by a remote control device. The turning off and on of the LED lights 220 may also be triggered by motion, or by position, or by a sensor that detects the light level of a room or space. The translucent cover 208 also helps to provide feedback from the outside to any internal sensors (e.g., infrared motion sensors) used for remote control or motion perception of hand swings.

In a dark environment, a Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor or other type of infrared sensor is useful because it can sense infrared energy and turn on the light emitting device 220 when the user enters a dark room.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of another view of another example embodiment. The input device or sensor 230 may be located on the side of the compartment cover 208, with the compartment cover 208 located above the shoulder seam 202.

Fig. 6 is an illustration of a bottom view of a battery cartridge of another example embodiment. At the bottom 210 of the hanger 200 between the shoulder seams 202, an easily accessible battery compartment 240 can be provided, the battery compartment lid of which can be easily removed. The battery compartment may be a battery compartment using button cells, or a battery compartment using standard primary cells (e.g., AA or AAA type cells), or a battery compartment using secondary rechargeable cells.

Fig. 7 shows a hanger inside a closet in an exemplary embodiment. The hanger 200 has a hook 208, the hook 208 being located on a pole 310 in a wardrobe, wherein lights of the electronic system 204 in the hanger 200 illuminate the wardrobe at strategic locations of the wardrobe, and other hangers and clothing items without lights are easily accessible to a user. The shelving unit above the pole 310 would prevent the overhead lighting light from reaching such spaces, but the lights 220 in the hanger 200 diffuse the light into spaces where the overhead lighting light is difficult to reach.

FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary hardware system that integrates an exemplary embodiment of the present invention within itself. The electronic system 204 may include LED lights 220 or any other type of controlled lighting device. The light 220 may be powered by a battery, such as battery 252. The sensor 250 that activates the lights 220 may be a passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) or other type of sensor that can sense the user's motion in the dark and detect energy from the user's motion. The sensor 250 then sends the signal to a filter (e.g., an amplifying bandpass filter) 254, which then sends it to a comparator 256 (e.g., a window comparator). Electronic system 204 may also be controlled by a wireless receiver 258, which wireless receiver 258 issues an interrupt 260 command.

FIG. 9 illustrates an exemplary hardware system that integrates the exemplary embodiments of the present invention within itself. The figure shows an example of an ultra low power wireless microcontroller MCU for the wireless receiver 258.

FIG. 10 illustrates another exemplary hardware system that integrates the exemplary embodiments of the present invention within itself. The system 204 may also be included in any type of structure or apparatus 300, the apparatus 300 being activated by motion and/or a wireless remote control controlled by a user or input device 302. The motion box wireless remote control may communicate with the structure/device 300 in dark environments. The electronic system 204 may be programmed or pre-set to set it to be motion sensitive and to set the time to automatically turn off the illumination in the system 204.

As shown above, referring again to fig. 4, the hanger 200 not only accommodates clothes but also flexibly lights the storage room and the closet. It is an option to integrate both the hanger and the light. The hanger 200 uses a slip-resistant velvet body to ensure that your contents are securely held in place while illuminating the closet. Because the hanger 200 is activated by action, the lights thereon can be automatically illuminated even in dark environments, so there is no switch or button that requires the user to press. The hanger 200 may sense motion of ten feet or more. The sensitivity of the sensor 250 (see fig. 8) may be increased or decreased, if desired, depending on the size of the storage space or closet and the surrounding lighting conditions. The hanger 200 may be used under shelves and dark corner bags where most closet lights are not projected. The hanger 200 may be used in places such as a coat closet, a closet for dormitory, a wardrobe, a closet for boats, etc.

Referring again to fig. 4, the hanger 200 may include a bottom from which the casual pants are suspended. The hanger 200 may be made of either ordinary plastic with rubber anti-slip shoulders or plastic with anti-slip velvet coatings. Other materials, such as metal, wood, or other synthetic or natural materials, may also be used for the hanger 200. The LED lights 220 may be mounted on different portions of the hanger 200 than those shown. In addition, another light sensor may be installed on the hanger 200 for feedback of the illumination level of a room or space, in addition to the motion detector for controlling the switching of the LED lamp 220.

The many features and advantages of the invention are apparent from the detailed specification, and thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the invention which fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and variations will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation illustrated and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. In addition to the described embodiments, the invention is capable of embodiments in various ways of being practiced and carried out. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein, as well as the abstract, are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.