Patent ID: 8678250

Claim:
An apparatus for hanging a garment, comprising: a hanger device; and a reinforcing mechanism coupled to the hanger device, wherein the reinforcing mechanism includes: a slit of at least 3.5 inches and extending through at least part of the reinforcing mechanism, at least one holding slit, such that one or more fastening straps are looped through the at least one holding slit and fastened to the hanger device, and one or a plurality of button holes on at least one side of the slit, such that when the garment, with one or a plurality of buttons is substantially wrapped around and supported by the hanger device, fabric of a side of the garment with the one or a plurality of buttons extends through the slit so that at least one of the one or a plurality of buttons is inserted through at least one of the one or a plurality of button holes.