Patent ID: 8256650
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. An extendible garment hanger for clothing items having shoulders of differing widths, comprising: a body that includes an upright hook from which a pair of shoulder supports are oppositely laterally downwardly dependent; a pair of extension arms each including a slide section slidably mounted along one of said shoulder supports having a proximal end with an upright finger tab and a distal end with a downwardly curved end support; and wherein said extension arms are manually positionable in a plurality of longitudinal positions along said shoulder supports by moving said finger tab such that said end supports fit the width of the clothing item; wherein each shoulder support has a slide bore in which the slide section of one extension arm is closely receivable and an adjoining tab slot through which the finger tab slidably extends; and wherein the proximal ends of the extension arms are longitudinally tapered radially opposite the finger tabs to facilitate assembly into the slide bores.