Coat hooks
simple wall nails, shaker furniture style
A coat hook is a hook that can be used to hang clothes on a wall or other surface.
Clothes hooks are often made of metal , but nowadays plastics are also often used, which are very often only attached with a self- adhesive adhesive surface on both sides .
According to DIN 81407, a distinction is made between three forms:
- Form A, coat hook, two-armed (hat and coat hook )
- Form B, coat hook, one-armed, light
- Form C, coat hook, one-armed, heavy
Several coat hooks in a row (often attached to a common mounting plate) form a cloakroom rail . Coat hooks, mounted around a stand and free-standing as furniture , form the classic clothes stand . In traditional clothes closet , the hooks often been an integral part, in addition to the clothes rod , which to hang the hangers used.
Norms and standards
- DIN 81407: 2010-01 coat hooks, curtain hooks and towel hooks (replacement for DIN 81407: 1978-08)
Web links
Wiktionary: coat hooks - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ DIN 81407: 2010-01 , beuth.de