Garment hanger
AssigneeQuirky, Inc.
InventorsYu-Hao Howard Tseng, Gareth Brown, John Thomas Jacobsen
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for hanging a garment are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first arm with a first end portion and a second end portion and a second arm with a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the first arm includes a hook configured to be disposed over a closet rod. The second arm is rotatably coupled to the first arm between a first expanded configuration and a second collapsed configuration. The first end portion of the second arm is configured to selectively engage the closet rod and hold the hanger in the expanded configuration. The second portion of the first arm and the second portion of the second arm are collectively configured to hang a garment.
Claims23
A garment hanger comprising:
- a first arm having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion having a hook configured to be disposed over a closet rod to support the garment hanger;
- and
- a second arm having a first end portion and a second end portion, the second arm coupled to the first arm for rotational movement relative to the first arm between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the first end portion of the second arm configured to selectively engage the closet rod and hold the garment hanger in the expanded configuration.
A garment hanger comprising:
- a first arm having a first hook configured to be disposed over a closet rod, the first hook configured to support the garment hanger;
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- a second arm having a second hook, the second arm coupled to the first arm for rotational movement relative to the first arm between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the second hook configured to be disposed over the closet rod and hold the garment hanger in the expanded configuration.
A garment hanger comprising:
- a support hook;
- a first arm coupled to the support hook;
- and
- a second arm coupled to the first arm for rotational movement relative to the first arm between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration,
- wherein at least a portion of the second arm is configured to selectively engage a closet rod and hold the garment hanger in the expanded configuration without a separate locking mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.