In selected examples, a hanger couples to an electrically-powered garment, to provide electrical energy to the garment to recharge the battery of the garment. The electrical energy may be transferred from the hanger to the garment using inductive coupling. The electrical energy may also or instead be transferred using contact coupling facilitated by magnet(s) in the interfaces of the hanger system and the garment. The garment may include biometric, environmental, and other sensors to collect data. The hanger system-garment interfaces may provide for data flow between the hanger and the garment. In selected examples, a smart garment may be controlled by a smartphone or another mobile device. The smartphone may control several smart garments, which may be connected in series and/or in parallel, with one of the smart garments being a master connected to the smartphone, and the other garments being slave garments connected to the smartphone through the master.

A collapsible hanger for preserving clothing articles. The collapsible hanger includes a rigid center bar having a connector below a hooked top portion of the rigid center bar. A bottom portion of the rigid center bar is attached to a first end of a pair of flexible arms. Each flexible arm of the pair of flexible arms attach to an aperture at a second end. The aperture is configured to receive the rigid center bar therethrough. The rigid center bar may be vertically adjusted such that it slides through the aperture to transition the collapsible hanger between a collapsed and an expanded configuration. The collapsible hanger may be collapsed when inserted into an article of clothing, expanded once inside the article of clothing, and secured in the expanded position.

To provide a hanger which can be manufactured inexpensively, and which can be fitted to clothing with one hand and one touch. A hanger 2 is provided with: an operating portion 30 provided with a hook 31, a branching portion 32 which is disposed at a base of the hook 31 and which is divided into a fork to the front side and the rear side in a front view, knobs 34 each having an insertion hole 33A in a central part thereof and disposed at lower ends of the branching portion 32, and a pair of projecting portions 35 provided on opposing surfaces of the knobs.

Provided is a foldable hanger comprising: a hanger body including a body part, a pair of protrusion parts protruding from one surface of the body part, stopper parts protruding from one surface of the body part and spaced from the protrusion parts, and hook parts protruding from the side surfaces of the body part; a pair of hanger blades having through-holes into which the protrusion parts are respectively inserted, rotating with respect to the hanger body, and caught by the stopper parts; and a cover coupled to the body part so as to prevent separation of the hanger blades.

A garment hanger with particular ease of use advantage when removing or hanging crew neck or turtleneck type shirts or blouses. The hanger provides an easily manipulated and intuitive mechanism for collapsing the garment support portions of the hanger, thus allowing for simple passage through the narrow neck hole of a garment. The hanger further provides an easily manipulated and intuitive mechanism for returning the folded garment support portions to their extended and supportive positions, which can be done with the hanger enveloped within a garment, thus providing an improved means for hanging some shirts or blouses without the need to feed a hanger up through the bottom opening of the garment.

A hanger cover extends between a first end and a second end. The hanger cover includes a pair of wings coupled together, each of the pair of wings having a pair of substantially parallel branches spaced apart by a channel and joined at a junction, wherein the pair of wings are rotatable relative to one another.

A foldable hanger may include a body equipped with a hanging element with a firm arm and a movable arm pivotably attached to the body, wherein said body further contains a spike and arresting pin slidable along the spike and exerting a force on the arresting pin, wherein the arresting pin has a shank with a relief snapping to an arresting groove of a sliding-block guide which moves between open and closed positions and contains a guiding slot for a shank of the arresting pin and allowing free movement of a relief of the arresting pin; an arresting groove at the closed end of the guiding slot accommodating the relief; a flexible element exerting a force on the sliding-block guide; sliding-block guide cogs coordinating with cogs at the proximal end of the movable arm; wherein the sliding-block guide is adapted for movement between a closed position and an open position.

A collapsible hanger for preserving clothing articles. The collapsible hanger includes a ridged center bar having a connector below a hooked top portion of the ridged center bar. A bottom portion of the ridged center bar is attached to a first end of a pair of flexible arms. Each flexible arm of the pair of flexible arms attach to an aperture at a second end. The aperture is configured to receive the ridged center bar therethrough. The ridged center bar may be vertically adjusted such that it slides through the aperture to transition the collapsible hanger between a collapsed and an expanded configuration. The collapsible hanger may be collapsed when inserted into an article of clothing, expanded once inside the article of clothing, and secured in the expanded position.

A collapsible hanger may comprise: a suspendable support base further comprising: a neck having first and second ends; and a support extending from the second end, the support having first and second pegs positioned at first and second ends of the support, respectively; a frame positionable along a length of the neck; first and second extensions operatively coupled to the frame, the first and second extensions defining, respectively, a first channel positioned along at least a portion of a length of the first extension for receiving and guiding the first peg, and a second channel positioned along at least a portion of a length of the second extension for receiving and guiding the second peg, wherein sliding the frame along the length of the neck adjusts a separation distance between the first extension and the second extension and causes movement of each peg along an associated channel.

Disclosed is a collapsible garment hanger capable of being operated by one hand. The collapsible garment hanger includes one or more hanger arms, wherein a hanger arm comprises an elongated body. Further, the collapsible garment hanger includes one or more locking mechanisms coupled to the one or more hanger arms. A locking mechanism coupled to a hanger arm is configured to remain in one of a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein a weight of one or more of the hanger arm and the locking mechanism is configured to enable the locking mechanism to change between a locked state and an unlocked state in response to a motion of the hanger arm in relation to the locking mechanism. Moreover, the collapsible garment hanger includes a housing structure coupled to the one or more locking mechanisms.