Patent ID: 8146784

Claim:
A garment display, comprising: a base; including an element for hanging the base on a support, first and second garment support arms connected to opposite sides of the base and being operable to support a portion of a garment, each support arm having a proximal end connected to the base by a base pivot joint, each support arm having a plurality of links interconnected by link pivot joints for pivoting movement in a common plane; each link having a disk with an outer periphery and a socket with a channel, the outer periphery of the disk and the channel of the socket each being at least partially circular; the socket of each link comprising upper and lower arcuate segments defining an opening smaller than a diameter of the disk for the resilient press fit reception, in a radially inward direction, of a disk of an adjacent link to form a pivot joint of adjacent links; each link having a longitudinal axis passing through a center of curvature of the outer periphery of the disk and through a center of curvature of the channel of the socket; each link being operable to be coupled to an adjoining link in an upright orientation and being operable to be coupled to the adjoining link in an inverted orientation, by rotating the link about the longitudinal axis 180 degrees relative to the upright orientation; each link pivot joint providing for relative angular movement between adjoined links; each link having a flange disposed on an upper side thereof and extending from the upper arcuate segment of the socket toward and into overlapping relation to an upper portion of the disk thereof, the flange having an upwardly facing linear external surface for supporting a portion of the garment spanning between the socket of the link and the socket of the adjoining link; the linear external surface of the flange being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the link and being spaced from the longitudinal axis a distance greater than a radius of the outer periphery of the disk, each socket being asymmetric about the longitudinal axis, with said upper arcuate segment extending over a first arcuate angle, as measured from the longitudinal axis, of greater than 90° and the lower arcuate segment extending over a second arcuate angle, as measured from the longitudinal axis, of less than 90°, and the lower arcuate segment of said socket having an arcuate external surface to accommodate overlapping thereof by a flange of an adjoining link coupled in an inverted orientation.