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US 5,007,562 AGranted
Collapsible clothes hanger
OwnerJoyce Brink, James E. Brinkinventors
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Abstract
A collapsible clothes hanger comprises a central support bracket with a suspending member or hook extending in a first direction from the support bracket. A pair of hanger arms are pivotally mounted on the support bracket for movement between a first, extended position in which they extend in opposite directions from the support bracket angled away from the suspending member, and a second, collapsed position in which they extend generally parallel to one another in the same direction as the suspending member.
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A collapsible clothes hanger comprising:
- a central support bracket;
- a suspending member extending in a first direction from the support bracket for suspending the hanger from a support;
- first and second hanger arms pivotally mounted on said support bracket for movement between a first, extended position in which they extend in generally opposite directions away from said support bracket and angle downwardly relative to said suspending member, and a second, collapsed position in which they extend generally parallel to one another upwardly in said first direction from said support bracket in the same direction as said suspending member;
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- said central support bracket comprising a generally flat central web in the plane of said hanger, and first and second pivot means mounted on opposite side faces of said web for pivotally mounting said first and second hanger arms, respectively, on said bracket for pivotal movement in offset planes parallel to the plane of said central web.
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A collapsible clothes hanger, comprising:
- a central support bracket;
- a suspending member extending in a first direction from the support bracket for suspending the hanger from a support;
- first and second hanger arms pivotally mounted on said support bracket for movement between a first, extended position in which they extend in generally opposite directions away from said support bracket and angled downwardly relative to said suspending member, and a second, collapsed position in which they extend generally parallel to one another upwardly in said first direction from said support bracket in the same direction as said suspending member;
- said support bracket including releasable retaining means for releasably retaining portions of said hanger arms in both said extended and collapsed positions;
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- said support bracket having oppositely directed channels comprising said releasable retaining means for receiving portions of said hanger arms in both said positions, said hanger arm portions being a snap fit in said channels.
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A collapsible clothes hanger comprising:
- a central support bracket;
- a suspending member extending in a first direction from the support bracket for suspending the hanger from a support;
- first and second hanger arms pivotally mounted on said support bracket for movement between a first, extended position in which they extend in generally opposite directions away from said support bracket and angled downwardly relative to said suspending member, and a second, collapsed position in which they extend generally parallel to one another upwardly in said first direction from said support bracket in the same direction as said suspending member;
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- each hanger including an in-turned extension portion at its outer free end in the extended position, the extension portions facing towards one another to form a transverse support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.