Claims
- 1. In a garment hanger, a central upstanding support formation including means for suspending same from the upper region thereof so as to depend generally vertically therefrom and presenting opposed side regions, an opposed pair of like elongated generally smoothly contoured arm formations having inner and outer ends respectively with opposed means connecting each of said inner ends to the lower region of said central support formation in spaced apart relation so as to extend outwardly of said side regions and confine same to swing in a common plane from an upper collapsed disposition flanking said central support formation to a lower outwardly projecting garment supporting disposition, said opposed connecting means including a pair of socket means each opening oppositely outwardly to a respective side region and upwardly thereof with the inner end of each respective arm formation disposed therewithin, and pintle-like means securing the lower end of each said arm formation within said respective socket means and so shaped as to orient said arm formation to swing in said common plane and wherein each said socket means has a configuration so as to define a passageway for the reception of the lower end of each respective arm formation and the region next above said pintle-like means therewithin, said passageway having a separation sufficient for said arm formation to swing from said upper collapsed disposition to said lower garment supporting disposition.
- 2. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein said central support formation is comprised of opposed mirror image components joined together and wherein said opposed socket means is presented by said components to extend therebetween and said pintle-like means is presented by each said respective lower end of said arm formations to each said respective opposed socket means whereby said joined together components secure said arm formations therein against separation.
- 3. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein said opposed arm pair of arm formations each have an upwardly curvate configuration and terminate at their outer ends in smoothly rounded tip formations.
- 4. A garment hanger according to claim 3 wherein said opposed pair of arm formations include an upper transverse section having an integral reinforcing rib section depending therebelow and extending therealong.
- 5. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein said opposed pair of arm formations each have a generally channel-shaped configuration with the open side thereof opening downwardly.
- 6. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein said central support formation includes a depending extension lowermost disposed generally in the plane of said arm formations for orienting same for entry into the neck opening of a garment and withdrawal therefrom.
- 7. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein said central support formation includes a suspending hook member uppermost, said hook member having a depending foot formation and means presented by said central support formation embracing said depending foot formation for rotary support therefrom whereby said central support formation is swivelly connected thereto.
- 8. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein each said socket means has a part cylindrical configuration and said pintle-like means has a part cylindrical configuration matching same with each said respective arm formations extending generally diametrically outwardly therefrom.
- 9. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein each said socket means has a part cylindrical configuration and said pintle-like means has a part elliptical configuration whose major axis matches the diameter of said part cylindrical configuration of said respective socket means with each said respective arm formation extending outwardly from said pintle-like means in substantial tangential relation to said major axis.
- 10. A garment hanger according to claim 1 wherein displaceable means is carried by said central support formation below said opposed pair of socket means, said displaceable means having a configuration and upward extent under displacement so as to engage said opposed arm formations from below and to swing same from said lower supported disposition upwardly towards said upper collapsed position.
- 11. A garment hanger according to claim 10 wherein said displaceable means has an upwardly opening cup-shaped configuration with said central support formation presenting stop means therebelow to limit the downward descent thereof so that lowermost the upward extent of said cup-shaped displacement means closely flanks said connecting means and fully engages the inner ends of said arm formations adjacent said connecting means from below when disposed in the lower supported position thereof.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/463,672, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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