Garment hanger

Claim 1

IN A GARMENT HANGER THE COMBINATION OF: A HANGER BODY MEMBER HAVING AN OUTER END AND A PIVOT AXIS SPACED INWARDLY THEREOF PERPENDICULAR TO THE BODY MEMBER; A CLAMP MEMBER HAVING A PIVOT AXIS BETWEEN ITS ENDS, ONE OF SAID MEMBERS PROVIDING SPACED FLANGES TRAVERSED BY ITS PIVOT AXIS, THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A POST ELEMENT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SPACED FLANGES, SAID POST ELEMENT HAVING OUTER FACES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FLANGES, SAID POST ELEMENT HAVING A SPRING SPACE INWARDLY OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID OUTER FACES AND IN THE ZONE BETWEEN SAID SPACED FLANGES; AND CONNECTING MEANS ATTACHING SAID CLAMP MEMBER TO SAID BODY MEMBER TO PIVOT ABOUT THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE LATTER, ONE END OF SAID CLAMP MEMBER COOPERATING WITH SAID OUTER END OF SAID BODY MEMBER IN DEFINING A GARMENT-CLAMP SPACE, SAID CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A LOOPED SPRING HAVING A LOOP PORTION WITHIN SAID SPRING SPACE AND ARM PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY ENGAGING SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND SAID BODY MEMBER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID GARMENT-CLAMP SPACE, SAID SPRING BIASING SAID CLAMP MEMBER IN A DIRECTION CLOSING SAID GARMENT-CLAMP SPACE.