Patent ID: 7506785

Claim:
A garment hanger comprising: a body having a beam member, a first end and a second end, the beam member having an upper flange and a lower flange spaced apart from the upper flange, a first web portion extending from and oblique to the upper flange and a second web portion extending from and oblique to the lower flange, the two web portions intersecting between the upper and lower flanges; a hook member coupled to the body; a first clamp assembly and a second clamp assembly, the first clamp assembly positioned at the first end of the body and the second clamp assembly positioned at the second end of the body, at least one of the clamp assemblies comprising, a rear assembly half and a front assembly half pivotably coupled to each other about a corresponding pivot structure positioned on each of the rear assembly half and the front assembly half, each of the front and rear assembly halves having a garment engagement surface at one end thereof and finger engagement surfaces at the other end thereof, and on an opposing side of the respective pivot structure, and two spaced apart spring receiving regions each configured for receiving a spring member, wherein the forcing of the finger engagement surfaces toward each other results in the separation of the garment engagement surfaces from each other; and further consisting of a single spring member coupled to one of the two spring receiving regions of each of the front and rear assembly halves, to, in turn, bias the garment engagement surfaces of each of the front and rear assembly halves toward each other.