Extendible clothes hanger

Abstract

An extendable clothes hanger includes a base and two symmetric brace members. The base includes a hanging hook and an outer surface forming successive corrugation to serve as a skidding prevention structure. The base forms therein an elongate channel. Each brace member includes a bar, which has an end extending through a stop plate and is fixed to a curved end claw that is rotatable to be set at different angular position and an opposite end movably received in the channel of the base. The stop plate is then mounted to an end of the base to thereby complete the hanger. The bars of the brace members are extendible out of and/or retractable into the channel of the base to adjust a distance between the base and each end claw so as to realize adjustment of length of the hanger for hanging clothes of various sizes.

1 . An extendible clothes hanger, comprising:
 a base, which has a top having a central portion on which a hanging hook is mounted, the base forming an elongate channel therein;   two brace members, each of which comprises a bar, which has an end extending through a stop plate; and   two end claws, each of which comprises a coupler section that is coupled to the end of the respective bar and a bend section connected to the coupler section;   wherein the bar has an opposite end movably received in the channel of the base, and the stop plate is mounted to an end of the base to form the hanger, and wherein the bars of the brace members are extendible out of and retractable into the channel of the base to adjust a distance between the base and each of the end claws so as to realize adjustment of length of the hanger for hanging clothes of various sizes.   
     
     
         2 . The extendible clothes hanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the base has an outer surface on which a skidding prevention structure comprising successive corrugation is formed to prevent clothes hung on the hanger from undesired skidding. 
     
     
         3 . The extendible clothes hanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the bend section of each of the end claws is connected to the coupler section with a pin, so that the bend section is rotatable about the pin to be selectively set at different angular position, whereby when the bend section of the end claw is rotated to point downward, clothes can be hung on the hanger and when the bend section is rotated to point upward, neck ties, waist belts, or scarf or other garment accessories can be suspended on the hanger. 
     
     
         4 . The extendible clothes hanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the bar of each of the brace members is formed by bending an elongate wire to form two symmetric and opposite branches having one end connected by a bent portion that serve as a stop. 
     
     
         5 . The extendible clothes hanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the bars of the brace members have a cross-sectional shape of ellipse, rectangle, or triangle and wherein the channel of the base has a corresponding cross-section to allow the bars to slide therein. 
     
     
         6 . The extendible clothes hanger according to  claim 4 , wherein the bars of the brace members have an end that is expanded to form an end flange that is greater in size than the bar to serve as a stop.