Title: Clothes hanger

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1. A clothes hanger comprising:

an elongated housing, said elongated housing terminating in a first end and a second end;

an enlarged opening formed within said housing intermediate said ends;

a metal pin extending across said opening and fixedly secured to said housing;

a hook member having an elongated closed slot, said hook member adapted to be supported upon a supporting rod, said pin cooperating within said elongated slot, said hook member being movable between a retracted position totally enclosed within said enlarged opening to an extended position to facilitate placement of said hook member upon a supporting rod; and

said housing including recess means within said housing communicating with said enlarged opening, with said hook member located in the retracted position within said enlarged opening, said hook member being slightly exposed by said recess means to facilitate manual grasping of said hook member, the upper edge of said housing located on each side of said recess means being planar to facilitate the supporting of garments.

2. The clothes hanger as defined in claim 1 wherein:

said enlarged opening being located at the approximate mid point of the longitudinal length of said housing.

3. The clothes hanger as defined in claim 2 wherein:

said pin being equally spaced from both said first end and said second end so as to permit said clothes hanger to be in a level position with the hook member located upon a supporting rod.

Other info:

Inventors: Faarbech, Jens (Solvang, CA, US)

Application Number: 766607
Filing Date: 1977-02-07
Publication_date: 1977-12-20
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 223/92
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

881818	Mar, 1908	Morrison et al.	223/85.
1893815	Jan, 1933	Wilt et al.	223/88.

Other Refs: 171,599

Jun, 1960	SW

Primary Examiner: Krizmanich, George H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Munro; Jack C.