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US 2026/0232125 A1Published application
Collapsible clothing hanger
OwnerHenry R. Carlson, Erik J. Carlsoninventors
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Abstract
A collapsible hanger includes hanger arms that connect to a hook portion. The collapsible hanger comprises one or more joint mechanisms that allow the hanger's angular arms to pivot or move downward relative to the hook portion, so that clothing slides off of those arms when pulled downward. The one or more joint mechanisms include elastic members that biased to enable the arms to automatically move back into a normal or original configuration when the clothing has been removed from the collapsible hanger.
Claims15
A collapsible hanger, comprising:
- a right-sided part having a right-sided hanger arm and including two inner pads each having a pin;
- a left-sided part integrated with a hanger hook and having a left-sided hanger arm, the left-sided part including an integrated joint with two outer pads, each outer pad having a joint hole in which a pin is inserted;
- an elastic member coupled to both the first-sided part and the second-sided part, the elastic member creating tension between the first-sided part and the second-sided part;
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- an integrated stop that prevents both the first-sided hanger arm and the second-sided hanger arm from swiveling up above the hanger hook.
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A collapsible hanger, comprising:
- a left-sided part having a left-sided hanger arm;
- a right-sided part having a right-sided hanger arm;
- a hanger hook having a middle portion thereof that connects the left-sided part and the right-sided part;
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- a plurality of joint mechanisms configured with the middle portion of the hanger hook that connects the left-sided part and the right-sided part,
- wherein the plurality of joint mechanisms enable the left-sided hanger arm and the right-sided hanger arm to collapse downward and return to a normal, biased position when the clothing is removed from the collapsible hanger.
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