Garment holder

Claim 1

A GARMENT HOLDER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AN ELONGATE HOLDING MEMBER HAVING A BASE AND A PAIR OF INTEGRAL LEGS DEPENDING FROM OPPOSITE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE BASE IN CONVERGING RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND TERMINATING AT THEIR LOWER ENDS IN OPPOSED GRIPPING FACES TO ENGAGE A GARMENT THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID LEGS BEING HINGED INTERMEDIATE ITS LENGTH FOR FREELY SWINGABLE MOVEMENT OF THE LOWER END THEREOF TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CORRESPONDING PORTION OF THE OPPOSITE LEG, A RESILIENT CLAMPING MEMBER SWINGABLY SECURED TO SAID OPPOSITE LEG OF THE HOLDING MEMBER AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE ITS LENGTH AND SHAPED TO DEFINE A FIRST PORTION SUPERPOSING SAID BASE AND A SECOND PORTION BEARING AGAINST SAID SWINGABLE LOWER END PORTION OF THE HINGED LEG TENSIONING THE SAME TOWARD THE OPPOSITE LEG TO CLAMP A GARMENT BETWEEN THE OPPOSED GRIPPING FACES ON THE LEGS, AND SAID CLAMPING MEMBER BEING SWINGABLE OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOWER END PORTION OF THE HINGED LEG TO FREE THE LATTER FOR SWINGABLE MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE OPPOSITE LEG TO RELEASE SAID GARMENT, AND MEANS SECURED TO ONE OF SAID MEMBERS FOR SUSPENDING THE GARMENT HOLDER.