Patent ID: 8424729

Claim:
A hanger for holding a garment, wherein the hanger has a shape substantially the same as a frame, the hanger comprising: a first arm and a second arm together forming the frame, the first arm including a first clipping stick and a first linking stick, the second arm including a second clipping stick and a second linking stick, the first linking stick including a first longitudinal part and a first radial part, the second linking stick including a second longitudinal part and a second radial part, an upper arm defined by the first and second longitudinal parts, a lower arm defined by the first and second clipping sticks, the first radial part linking first ends of the upper and lower arms, the second radial part linking second ends of the upper and lower arms, the first arm mobile relative to the second arm between an open position, wherein the first clipping stick is spaced from the second clipping stick and a clipping position, wherein the first clipping stick is in contact with the second clipping stick; a spring element configured to urge the frame toward the clipping position, the spring element configured to generate a clipping force between the first and second clipping sticks to allow the garment to be held between the first and second clipping sticks in the clipping position; and a control mechanism configured to urge the first and second arms toward the open position against a bias of the spring element, the control mechanism including an operating element, the control mechanism being movably mounted to the second arm with the operating element being able to be operated by pressure exerted by the hand of a user holding the second arm, the spring element configured to urge the first and second arms towards the clipping position in the absence of pressure exerted on the operating element.