Expandable clothing hanger

A method of using an expandable garment hanger assembly, the method comprising:

• at least partially inserting a central frame and housing assembly in a folded state, with a right side arm portion and a left side arm portion substantially parallel, into an open portion of a garment member, the right side arm portion and a left side arm portion extending from a proximal end of the housing assembly and through the open portion of the garment member, a rotatable hook portion substantially outside the open portion of the garment member;
• depressing a release spring and lock assembly disposed within the central frame and housing assembly and coupled to the proximal end of the right side arm portion and the proximal end of the left side arm portion, the spring and lock assembly adapted to be releasably locked when the arm pair assembly is in a closed state and unlocked when depressed;
• facilitating the right side arm portion and the left side arm portion simultaneously rotating in the opposite directions to a fully opened state within the open portion of the garment member and against an inside surface of the garment member;
• engaging the spring and lock assembly to hold extended the right side arm portion and the left side arm portion;
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• slidably coupling as needed a right side arm extender portion slidably coupled to a distal end portion of the right side arm portion, and a left side arm extender portion slidably coupled to a distal end portion of the left side arm portion, the right side arm extender portion and the left side arm extender portion adapted to be in an extended or retracted state.

An expandable garment hanger assembly comprising:

• a central frame and housing assembly having a rounded top end and a rounded bottom end;
• an arm pair assembly with a right side arm portion and a left side arm portion pivotally coupled to an interior portion of the central frame and housing assembly at a proximal end portion of the right side arm portion and a proximal end portion of the left side arm portion, the arm pair assembly adapted to be in a folded and substantially parallel state or a laterally extended state, a distal end of the right side arm and a distal end of the left side arm rounded and adapted to parallelly abut when the right and left arm assemblies are in a folded state, when abutted to form a substantially U shape, adapting the central frame and housing assembly to be packed without entangling adjacent garment members, wherein the right side arm portion and the left side arm portion rotatably engaged to move rotationally and simultaneously;
• a release spring and lock assembly disposed within the central frame and housing assembly and coupled to the proximal end of the right side arm portion and the proximal end of the left side arm portion, the spring and lock assembly adapted to be releasably locked when the arm pair assembly is in a closed state;
• at least one rounded and depressible release assembly coupled to the spring and lock assembly and disposed substantially through a distal face or a proximal face of the central frame and housing assembly, the depressible release assembly adapted to release the spring and lock assembly, allowing a spring assembly of the spring and lock assembly to laterally and simultaneously extend the right side arm portion and the left side arm portion;
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• a right side arm extender portion slidably coupled to a distal end portion of the right side arm portion, and a left side arm extender portion slidably coupled to a distal end portion of a left side arm portion, the right side arm extender portion and the left side arm extender portion adapted to be in an extended or retracted state and forming at an obtuse angle.