Patent ID: 7404503
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A compact clothes hanger comprising: a. a horizontal top arm comprising a first end and a second end; b. a straight member comprising a hooked end and an opposite end perpendicularly secured to a center of the horizontal top arm; c. a recessed area centrally disposed on the horizontal top arm and operatively aligned with the hooked end; d. wherein the recessed area comprises a central body centrally disposed on the horizontal top arm, a first end segment disposed between and secured to the straight member and the central body, and a second end segment secured on the opposite side of the central body and angularly protruding away from the horizontal top arm and the first end segment; e. a first support rod secured to the first end and to the second end segment at a height ranging from between about 20 percent to about 60 percent of the height of the straight member, and a second support rod secured to the second end and secured to the straight member at a point where the hooked end intersects with the straight member; and f. a horizontal bottom arm disposed below the horizontal top arm and operatively secured to the first end and the second end, forming a receiving space disposed between the horizontal bottom arm and the horizontal top arm; forming a hanger with a hooked end with an overall area substantially equal to or less than an overall area of a conventional hanger.