Clothing hanger fold-quick-release
View Patent ↗The inventive subject matter provides a device being capable of hanging a cloth with minimum effort on the part of a user, and with less potential damage on item being hung. In general, the inventive hanger comprises an upper coupling, left and right arms extending laterally away from opposite sides of the upper coupling. The arms are further coupled with a lower coupling, at least one of the couplings includes a pivot that allows the lower coupling to move closer to the upper coupling, allowing the hanger to easily adapt to fit into the neck of a shirt without stretching out the neck. A biasing component biases the lower coupling away from the upper coupling, allowing the hanger to keep the shirt hanged on.
1. A clothes hanger comprising:
an upper left arm having first and opposite ends;
an upper right arm having first and opposite ends;
an upper coupling at which the first end of said upper left arm is connected to the first end of said upper right arm such that said upper left arm and said upper right arm are pivotally connected together at said upper coupling;
a lower left arm having first and opposite ends;
a lower right arm having first and opposite ends;
a lower coupling at which the first end of said lower left arm is pivotally connected to the first end of said lower right arm;
a first resiliently flexible turn at which the opposite end of said upper left arm is joined to the opposite end of said lower left arm;
a second resiliently flexible turn at which the opposite end of said upper right arm is joined to the opposite end of said lower right arm;
said upper left and said upper right arms responding to a downward pushing force applied to either one of said upper left arm or said upper right arm by rotating downwardly with one another at said upper coupling and moving towards said lower left and said lower right arms, and said lower left and said lower right arms responding to an upward pushing force applied thereto by rotating upwardly with one another at said lower coupling and moving towards said upper left and said upper right arms from an open configuration spaced from said upper left and said upper right arms to a closed configuration lying closer to said upper left and said upper right arms, whereby said first and second resiliently flexible turns are bent and said upper and lower couplings are located one above the other, and
said upper left and said upper right arms being biased by said first and second resiliently flexible turns to automatically rotate upwardly with one another at said upper coupling so as to move away from said lower left and said lower right arms when the downward pushing force applied to said upper left or said upper right arms is terminated, and said lower left and said lower right arms also being biased by said first and second resiliently flexible turns to automatically rotate downwardly with one another at said lower coupling so as to move away from said upper left and said upper right anus from said closed configuration to said open configuration when the pushing force applied to said lower left and said lower right arms is terminated and said first and second resiliently flexible turns relax.
2. The clothes hanger recited in claim 1 , wherein the opposite end of said upper left arm is continuously connected to the opposite end of said lower left arm by way of said first resiliently flexible turn, and the opposite end of said upper right arm is continuously connected to the opposite end of said lower right arm b way of said second resiliently flexible turn.
3. The clothes hanger recited in claim 1 , wherein said upper left arm, said upper right arm, said lower left arm and said lower right arm are interconnected with one another by only said upper and said lower couplings.
4. The clothes hanger recited in claim 1 , wherein said upper coupling is a pivot.
5. The clothes hanger recited in claim 1 , wherein said lower coupling is a pivot.
6. The clothes hanger recited in claim 1 , wherein each of the upper and lower couplings includes mating male and female pieces configured to be snapped together and pulled apart.
7. The clothes hanger recited in claim 1 , wherein each of the upper and lower couplings includes mating male and female pieces configured to slide together and be pulled apart.