Folding hanger

A hanger for a garment comprising

• a hanger body,
• said body (11) having a skirt support bar (12) and two upwardly and inwardly extending shoulder support (13 and 14) portions integrally connected at their lower ends to said skirt support bar extending upwardly and terminating at a post,
• said shoulder portions being generally T-shaped in cross-section having a downwardly extending web and a flange disposed generally perpendicular thereto,
• said flange extending upwardly along said shoulder portions and then curving upwardly and vertically, spaced from each other and generally parallel thereto then terminating in a horizontally extending plate-like web (21) portion,
• said horizontal plate-like web (21) portion having a U-shaped notch (23) therein,
• said web on each said shoulder portion extending toward the other and terminating in a bridging portion (22),
• said bridging portion (22) having a socket formed thereon at the center,
• said socket having a generally spherical inside surface and having spaced hooks defining a space and being opened at its front side to receive said spherical member,
• a hook member,
• said hook member having a hook at its upper end connected to a downwardly extending stem (15) and said stem terminating at its lower end in a spherical member adapted to snap into said socket,
• spaced flanges formed on said stem having a cylindrical member therebetween,
• said cylindrical member being adapted to snap into said U-shaped slot having edges that converge toward each other in said bridging portion,
• said hook being swingably attached to said hanger whereby said cylindrical member may be snapped out of said U-shaped slot and swung downwardly generally into a common plane with said shoulder support portions and said skirt bar.