Garment display rack having hangers pivotally mounted on horizontal axes

Claim 1

IN A RACK FOR DISPLAYING GARMENTS THEREON, A FRAME INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO SPACED HORIZONTAL RAILS, IN THE INSIDE OPPOSING SURFACES OF WHICH A PLURALITY OF HOLES ARE LOCATED IN SPACED APART RELATION, THE HOLES IN ONE RAIL BEING ALIGNED WITH THE HOLES IN THE OTHER RAIL, A PLURALITY OF GARMENT RECEIVING HANGERS MOUNTED ON SAID RAILS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, EACH OF SAID HANGERS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL GARMENT SUPPORTING PORTION THAT EXTENDS SUBSTANTIALLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID RAILS AND IS ELEVATED WITH RESPECT THERETO, SIDE PORTIONS JOINED TO THE GARMENT SUPPORTING PORTION OF EACH HANGER, A LOWER EXTENSION JOINED TO EACH SIDE PORTION AND BEING OFFSET WITH RESPECT THERETO, EACH OF SAID LOWER EXTENSIONS TERMINATING IN AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTING THAT IS RECEIVED IN ONE OF SAID HOLES, WHEREIN SAID HANGERS ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID RAILS, SAID HANGERS BEING PIVOTALLY MOVABLE FROM A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN THE SIDE PORTIONS ARE INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE VERTICAL TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID SIDE PORTIONS ARE DISPOSED IN VERTICAL RELATION, WHEREIN EITHER OF SAID ADJACENT HANGERS MAY BE PIVOTALLY MOVED INTO SAID SPACE TO PROVIDE FOR UNENCUMBERED REMOVAL OF THE GARMENT THEREFROM, AND ALIGNED STOPS FIXED TO THE INSIDE OPPOSING SURFACES OF SAID RAILS AND ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF, THE OFFSET LOWER EXTENSION OF THE HANGERS THAT ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID STOPS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID STOPS FOR LOCATING THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID HANGERS EITHER IN THE INCLINED FOR VERTICAL POSITION AS REQUIRED.