Collapsible arms hanger with pinch and pull lock with or without folding hook

A garment hanger, comprising:

• a hanger body having a central neck with a configuration to receive a hanger hook, and hanger arms removably connectible to said hanger body such that said hanger arms are collapsible to a substantially vertical position permitting the hanger to be removed from or inserted into a garment through a neck opening of the garment, without having to unbutton said garment for such removal;
• said hanger body comprising openings at opposite ends of said central neck, and adjacent each said opening, an arm-motion arrester comprising a projection located outside the opening and projecting outwardly, said projection has a distal end forming a pointed arm stop, which defines a lock nestling space;
• said hanger arms including a first hanger arm and a second hanger arm, each hanger arm being connectible to and pivotably movable in a respective one of said openings, in configurations that enable said hanger arms to be held and fixed in a standard horizontal position and selectively collapsed by pivoting said hanger arms with respect to said central neck to assume said substantially vertical position relative to said neck portion, said first and second hanger arms being interchangeable such that said hanger arms can be attached to said hanger body at opposite ends thereof, and said hanger arms being removable from said openings;
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• each hanger arm being molded to include a flexible lock including a pinchable or pullable handle and a locking region, said locking region has a distal pointed end that has a shape complementary to a shape of said nestling space, and said flexible lock is so located on the hanger arm that rotation of the hanger arm from its extended to said collapsed position is prevented after the locking region on the arm meets and engages with the projection located on the arm-motion arrester of the hanger body such that the distal pointed end of the locking region enters into said nestling space and such that, once the locking region has entered into the nestling space, rotation of the hanger arm toward said collapsed position pushes the distal point end in a direction into said nestling space, and such that pinching or pulling of the handle of the flexible lock is required to release the engagement between the flexible lock and said projection to allow the hanger arm to be moved to its collapsed position.