Apparel apparatus – Garment hangers – Coat or dress
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-02
2006-05-02
Worrell, Danny (Department: 3765)
Apparel apparatus
Garment hangers
Coat or dress
Reexamination Certificate
active
07036696
ABSTRACT:
A foldable and self-opening hanger has two arms that fold down to a closed position away from the hanger's hook member with adjacent bottom arm edges proximal to each other. The arms are closed manually in opposition to a restoring force provided by an internal resilient member that tends to move the arms away from each other toward an open position suitable for hanging light garments such as shirts and blouses that exert opposing forces on the arms less than restoring force provided by the internal resilient member. For heavier garments, a lock-release mechanism is provided that holds the arms in a fully open-locked position that supports coats, heavy sweaters and the like. A pair of release buttons on opposite sides of the hanger release the lock-release mechanism allowing arms to be folded manually to the fully closed position so the hanger may be inserted into the neck of a garment without opening buttons or zippers. The arms then can be released from the closed position by merely letting go of them and allowing the resilient member to spread the arms open to support the garment to be hung.
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Steres George M.
Worrell Danny
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