Patent ID: 8814013

Claim:
A hanger, comprising: a supporting base; a hooking members operably linked to the supporting base; a pair of hanging members pivotally mounted to the supporting base and rotatable relative to the supporting base between an expanded mode and a retracted mode, wherein each of the pair of hanging members has an inner end received within the supporting base and a notch at the inner end; a locking member operatively coupled to the pair of hanging members, wherein the locking member has switchably a locked position and an unlocked position, and wherein the pair of hanging members is in the expanded mode when the locking member is in the locked position, and is allowed to be in the retracted mode when the locking member is in the unlocked position, wherein the locking member comprises: a pair of locking plates pivotally mounted to the supporting base, each of which has a hook operably inserted into the corresponding notch of the pair of hanging members to prevent the pair of hanging members from rotating relative to the supporting base; and a pair of biasing elements for applying biasing forces to the pair of locking plates to prevent the hooks from releasing from the notches, wherein each of the locking plates has a rotation axis separating two ends thereof, and wherein the hook is positioned at one end of the locking plate, and the biasing element is positioned at the other end of the locking plate.