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US 11,412,874 B1Granted
Spring biased clothes hanger
OwnerKwame Dwomohinventor
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Abstract
A spring biased clothes hanger is disclosed. The folding clothes hanger includes a bar hook, a pair of adjustable length shoulder bars and an internal spring or string connectors. The combination of these elements allows the shoulder bars to bend downwardly or horizontally for placing the clothes on the hanger through the neck opening without unbuttoning the garment or stretching the neck elastic band. At least two spring connectors are coupled to the shoulder bars to then form a cross configuration. The spring connectors include clipper members which are then coupled to the bar hook for operation by a user. A user may then apply a squeezing force to the clipper members which then actuate the shoulder bars into a downward position or a compressed horizontal position.
Claims13
A system for a clothes hanger, comprising:
- a. a hanger assembly including a hanger having a body portion and a hook portion, said body portion having a top end, a left distal end that is pointing downward, and a right distal end that is pointing downward, said hook portion mounted to a top end of said body portion, said top end further including slit openings thereon;
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- b. a shoulder assembly including a right shoulder bar and a left shoulder bar, said right shoulder member is mounted orthogonally to said right distal end, said left shoulder member is mounted orthogonally to said left distal end, spring connectors coupled to an inner side of said shoulder bars and inserted through said slit openings, wherein said spring connectors have a cross shaped configuration, neck clippers coupled to a top of said spring connectors, wherein a squeezing force is applied to said neck clippers to then bring said shoulder bars into a compressed configuration.
A system for a spring biased clothes hanger, comprising:
- b. a hanger assembly including a hanger having a hook portion and a body portion, wherein said body portion includes a right vertical bottom end, a left vertical bottom end, and a top end, wherein said top end includes a top right slit opening and a top left slit opening thereon, said right vertical bottom end includes a right bottom slit, said left vertical bottom end includes a left bottom slit, wherein said hook portion is integrally mounted to said top end of said body portion, wherein said hook portion is rotatable, wherein said hook portion is located in between said top right slit opening and said top left slit opening, wherein said hook portion and said body portion are each made of a metallic wire material;
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- c. a shoulder assembly including a right shoulder member and a left shoulder member, each shoulder member includes a distal end and a proximal end, said right shoulder member is mounted orthogonally to said right vertical bottom end, said left shoulder member is mounted orthogonally to said left vertical bottom end, said proximal end of said right shoulder member is passed through said right bottom slit, said proximal end of said left shoulder member is passed through said left bottom slit, the distal end of said right shoulder member and the distal end of said left shoulder member are curved, the shoulder members are configured to extend and retract through their respective bottom slit, a first spring connecting member is attached to said proximal end of said right shoulder member, said first spring connecting member is then passed through said top left slit opening, a first neck clipper is then used to secure said first spring connecting member, a second spring connecting member is attached to said proximal end of said left shoulder member, said second spring connecting member is then passed through said top right slit opening, a second neck clipper is then used to secure said second spring connecting member, in this configuration said first spring connecting member crosses diagonally the body portion from a right vertical bottom end to a top left slit opening and said second spring connecting member crosses diagonally the body portion from a left vertical bottom end to a top right slit opening, the two neck clippers are thumb-sized fasteners that when pressed send tension to their corresponding spring connecting member which extend and lower their corresponding shoulder member calling this an extended configuration, when the two neck clippers are released from the pressing force the spring connecting members return said shoulder members to a compressed position calling this a compressed configuration.
A system for a spring biased clothes hanger, consisting of:
- a. a hanger assembly including a hanger having a hook portion and a body portion, wherein said body portion includes a right vertical bottom end, a left vertical bottom end, and a top end, wherein said top end includes a top right slit opening and a top left slit opening thereon, said right vertical bottom end includes a right bottom slit, said left vertical bottom end includes a left bottom slit, said hook portion is integrally mounted to said top end of said body portion, said hook portion is rotatable, wherein said hook portion is located in between said top right slit opening and said top left slit opening, wherein said hook portion and said body portion are each made of a metallic wire material;
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- b. a shoulder assembly including a right shoulder member and a left shoulder member, said right shoulder member has a cylindrical shape, said left shoulder member has a cylindrical shape, each shoulder member includes a distal end and a proximal end, said right shoulder member is mounted orthogonally to said right vertical bottom end, said left shoulder member is mounted orthogonally to said left vertical bottom end, said proximal end of said right shoulder member is passed through said right bottom slit, said proximal end of said left shoulder member is passed through said left bottom slit, the distal end of said right shoulder member and the distal end of said left shoulder member are curved, the shoulder members are configured to extend and retract through their respective bottom slit, a first spring connecting member is attached to said proximal end of said right shoulder member, said first spring connecting member is then passed through said top left slit opening, a first neck clipper is then used to secure said first spring connecting member, a second spring connecting member is attached to said proximal end of said left shoulder member, said second spring connecting member is then passed through said top right slit opening, a second neck clipper is then used to secure said second spring connecting member, in this configuration said first spring connecting member crosses diagonally the body portion from a right vertical bottom end to a top left slit opening and said second spring connecting member crosses diagonally the body portion from a left vertical bottom end to a top right slit opening, the two neck clippers are thumb-sized fasteners that when pressed send tension to their corresponding spring connecting member which extend and lower their corresponding shoulder member calling this an extended configuration, when the two neck clippers are released from the pressing force the spring connecting members return said shoulder members to a compressed position calling this a compressed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.