Patent ID: 7743954

Claim:
A retractable clothes hanger comprising: a hanging rod comprising: a hanging unit; and a guiding rod having an outer circumference and having an upper end connected to the hanging unit; a linkage mechanism comprising: a sliding unit affixed in an up-down slidable manner to the guiding rod; a first linkage arm installed at a left side of the guiding rod, the first linkage arm having a first end connected to the sliding unit and a second end connected to a lower end of the guiding rod; and a second linkage arm installed at a right side of the guiding rod, the second linkage arm having a first end connected to the sliding unit and a second end connected to the lower end of the guiding rod; and a fixing unit fixing the sliding unit at a specific position on the guiding rod, wherein when the sliding unit is moved to a first position corresponding to the guiding rod, the linkage mechanism is in a closed-state, and when the sliding unit is moved to a second position corresponding to the guiding rod, the linkage mechanism is in an open-state for hanging clothes, wherein the sliding unit is annular shaped and includes an inner circumference corresponding to and slideable on the outer circumference of the guiding rod, with the fixing unit including a bump formed in the inner circumference of the sliding unit, with the fixing unit further including a recess formed in the outer circumference of the guiding rod and receiving the bump of the sliding unit.