Perfect shirt hanger

Abstract

Perfect Shirt Hanger is a premium-quality, hook-topped collapsible shirt hanger, manufactured in injection-molded thermoplastic or wood having the collapsible shoulder and upper-arm portions contoured and shaped to provide a crease-free hang for the shirt or other garment, and is flared somewhat to further preserve the garment's natural shape.

1 . A collapsible hanger comprising two arm sections which are joined by a central portion, the central portion comprising a hook for hanging and two clips for securing the two arms in place on the central portion. 
     
     
         2 . A unitary foldable garment hanger comprising:
 a) a pair of elongated arm means each having a shoulder, said shoulders being in adjacent relationship, each shoulder having a top portion and a bottom portion;   b) hinge means interconnecting adjoining respective said bottom portions so that said arm means articulate in opposed relationship to each other between respective outwardly extended positions and lowered adjacent positions; and   c) latch means.   
     
     
         3 . The hanger of  claim 2  which is openable from a disassembled storage configuration into an assembled use configuration with one hand, and which is closable from said assembled use configuration into a disassembled storage configuration with one hand. 
     
     
         4 . The hanger of  claim 2  wherein each said shoulder includes a portion which abuts against the other when said arm means are in said extended positions. 
     
     
         5 . The hanger of  claim 2  wherein, when said arms are in said lowered adjacent positions, said hook means and said latch means are in non-interfering relationship with each other and with said link means and said arm means. 
     
     
         6 . The hanger of  claim 2  wherein said arms, said link means, said hook means and said latch means are generally coplanar. 
     
     
         7 . The hanger of  claim 2  which is openable from a disassembled storage configuration into an assembled use configuration with one hand, and which is closable from said assembled use configuration into a disassembled storage configuration with one hand.