Covered garment hanger

Claim 1

A covered garment hanger including a substantially triangular-shaped bar frame comprising: a. a horizontal cross bar; b. a pair of upwardly converging shoulder bars integral with opposing ends of said cross bar providing a pair of garment supporting shoulders terminating in an inverted Y-shaped neck junction; c. an end of one of said shoulder bars extending upwardly to form a suspension hook bar having a shank portion and a substantially U-shaped hook portion; d. a semi-elastic fabric strand for being braided over said hanger; e. a medial portion of said strand being placed against an end tip of said hook portion to form a first fabric strand on one side of said tip and a second fabric strand on the opposite side of said tip with said fabric strand secured about said tip; f. said first fabric strand being initially looped under and then over the hook bar portion and then pulled tightly through the loop thus formed with said second fabric strand being subsequently worked under and then over the hook bar portion and then pulled tightly through the loop thus formed to form a braid over and covering said end tip; g. said first fabric strand being then looped under and then over said hanger bar and then pulled tightly through the loop thus formed to form a first series of braided loops laterally adjacent one side of said hanger bar; h. said second fabric strand being looped under then over said hanger bar and then pulled tightly through the loop thus formed to form a second series of braided loops laterally adjacent the other side of said hanger bar; p1 i. said first and second strands being looped as in paragraphs (g) and (h) to form said braided cover over said entire suspension hook, over one branch of said neck junction downwardly over said shoulder bar, over said cross bar, upwardly over said other shoulder bar and up through said neck junction to entirely cover said garment hanger; j. said first and second fabric strands being secured together at said neck junction to finish said braided cover; and k. said first and second series of braided loops providing a substantially flat garment supporting surface of wider surface area than said hanger bar portions reducing slipping and creasing of said garments thereon.