Patent ID: 7077301
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for organizing and displaying clothing, comprising a humanlike form with at least one peg projecting from said form for suspending articles of clothing therefrom, said form having a head, a neck, a torso having an upper member and a lower member, two arms, two legs, two feet and a base, (a) the head affixed to the neck, (b) the neck having a front and a back, a neck peg extending from the front of the neck and configured for hanging a clothes hanger therefrom, (c) the upper member of the torso having a front, a back, and two sides, a first torso peg and a second torso peg extending from the front and the back of the upper member, respectively, the first and second torso pegs configured for hanging a clothes hanger therefrom, the head and neck connected to the upper member such that the rotational position of the head and neck relative to the upper member can be adjusted, first and second torso adjustment holes penetrating the upper member of the torso, one on each side of the upper member, (d) each arm has an inner portion and an outer portion to which a hand is attached at a first end, the outer portion pivotally connected to the inner portion at a second end for selective positioning of the outer portion and hand wherein one selected hand position is with a palm of the hand facing upwardly for holding articles thereon, the outer portion angled at an elbow located between the hand and the inner portion, (e) the lower member of the torso having an upper cylindrical portion telescopingly received in an open bottom of the upper member, a plurality of adjustment holes formed along each side of the cylindrical portion in spaced vertical alignment, first and second torso adjustment shafts slightly smaller than the torso adjustment holes in the upper portion and the cylindrical portion, the upper and lower members adjustably connected by aligning the adjustment holes in the upper member with one of the said plurality of adjustment holes on each side of the cylindrical portion and penetrating the torso adjustment holes in the upper member and the cylindrical portion with the first and second torso adjustment shafts, (f) the legs each having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portions each having an upper end, a lower end, a knee and two sides, the upper end of the upper portions extending from the lower member of the torso, the upper portions each having first and second leg adjustment holes positioned opposite each other on each side of the upper portion, the lower portions each having an upper end, a lower, end and two sides, the lower portions each having a plurality of leg adjustment holes formed along each side of the lower portions in spaced vertical alignment, first and second leg adjustment pins slightly smaller than the leg adjustment holes, each leg adjustment pin being of sufficient length such that when the upper and lower leg adjustment holes are aligned with each other, the first and second leg adjustment pins can be inserted in one side of each portion and protrude through the other side of each leg adjustably connecting the upper and lower portions, the upper portions each having a peg affixed near the knees, (g) the feet each having a top and a bottom, the top of each foot having a leg hole of a size sufficient for the lower ends of the lower portions of the legs to be inserted into the leg holes, the bottom of each foot being affixed to the base, and (h) the base being of such size and shape as to support the completed apparatus in a vertical, upright position.