Patent ID: 8177106

Claim:
An adjustable garment hanger, said hanger including: a generally central hanging element for suspension of said hanger, said hanging element having a first end thereof configured for interconnection to an overhead suspension structure, and a second end of said hanging element comprising an elongated stem section; a generally central housing supporting said hanging element for rotary movement therein, and further including a first pair of pivot pins; said garment hanger further comprising first and second arms extended from inner to outer ends thereof and configured for supporting a garment, wherein each said arm is pivotally mounted on one of said pair of pivot pins so as to swing from a first outwardly extended garment holding position to a second downwardly dropped position for garment release; a flexible spring body disposed in said central housing and including a boss threadably interconnected to said stem, and further including a pair of latching tabs each of which extends outwardly therefrom respectively toward said first and second arms; said latching tabs configured with a generally downwardly facing ledge configured to normally restrict upward pivotal movement of said outwardly extended arms, thus maintaining said first and second arms in their first garment holding position; whereby rotation of said hanging element in opposite directions will incrementally raise or lower said spring body, resulting in slight raising or lowering of said inner ends of said garment support arms to alter inclination of said arms about said first pins, and additional raising of said spring body serves to raise said latching tabs sufficiently to release said arms permitting them to fall to their second downwardly dropped position for garment release.