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.
Claims16
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;
- 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;
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- a locking mechanism configured to lock the garment hanger in the expanded configuration, the locking mechanism including a locking arm having a pin coupled to at least one of the first and the second arm, a channel having a securing protrusion disposed in the other of the first and the second arm, and a relief cut configured to allow the locking arm to move from a first configuration to a second configuration,
- the locking arm movable between the first configuration such that the pin selectively engages the securing protrusion to lock the garment hanger in the expanded configuration, and the second configuration such that the pin selectively releases from the securing protrusion and allows the second arm to rotate with respect to the first arm from the expanded configuration to the collapsed configuration.
A garment hanger comprising:
- a support hook;
- a first arm coupled to the support hook;
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- a second arm coupled to the first arm for rotational movement relative to the first arm between and configured to selectively engage a closet rod and hold the garment hanger in an expanded configuration, the second arm including a locking arm having a pin configured to selectively engage a securing protrusion disposed in a channel defined by the first arm,
- wherein the second arm includes a relief cut configured to allow the locking arm to move between a first configuration such that the pin selectively engages the securing protrusion to lock the second arm in the expanded configuration, and a second configuration such that the pin selectively releases from the securing protrusion and allows the second arm to rotate with respect to the first arm from the expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.