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Adjustable hanger with size calibration and internal support deviceRelated Patent Categories: Apparel Apparatus, Garment HangersAdjustable hanger with size calibration and internal support device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070075103, Adjustable hanger with size calibration and internal support device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application for a patent claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/721,901 as filed Sep. 30, 2005. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] Not Applicable. NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT [0003] Not Applicable. INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC [0004] Not Applicable. BACKGROUND [0005] 1. Field of the Invention [0006] The present invention relates generally to clothes hangers, and more particularly, to clothes hangers having an adjustable support system and standardized size calibration. [0007] 2. Description of the Related Art [0008] Clothing retailers have long suffered from the inconvenience associated with clamp-like hangers. Clamp-like hangers typically include two clamps or clips on separate ends of a rod or bar. An early example of such a garment hanger is evident in U.S. Pat. No. 648,534 to Seger. A hook is connected to the rod such that the rod is substantially balanced when the hook is hung on another rod, hook, or the like. Each of the clamps may be opened and then closed such that each holds an external portion of a garment by pinching the front and back waistband of the garment together hard enough to counteract the force of gravity. [0009] Such hangers can be ideal for lower-body garments, such as for example, pants and skirts having a waist size of about 30 inches or less. However, if the waist size surpasses about 30 inches, a clothing over-hang develops causing the garment to droop and possibly fall off the hanger. [0010] Adjusting the clamps on such hangers in an ideal position on the rod to which to properly hold the associated garment often is a frustrating exercise for both employees and consumers alike. As the clamps may slide on the rod, and as each waist size ideally has a different position of the clamps to properly balance and hold the associated garment, ensuring the correct positioning of the clamps can be trying. [0011] Further frustration can occur as an individual tries to determine the size of a garment hanging on such a clamp-like hanger. Often times the garment is accidentally pulled from the hanger, whether partially or fully, and then the individual must fumble with re-hanging the garment. [0012] Some commercially available hangers also include numbered and/or color coded identifiers; such identifiers meant to identify the size of an associated garment. However, use of such hangers assumes that customers and retailers hang a garment on a hanger having the correct identifier. [0013] Thus, what is desired is a garment hanger that allows for simple adjustment to hold any size garment, and also permit easier access to determine the size of the respective garment. SUMMARY [0014] The various exemplary embodiments include a garment hanger comprised of an oblong body member, a first arm and a second arm, a cog, a locking mechanism, a calibration means, and a suspending means. The first arm and second arm are each connected inside the oblong body member on opposing sides, and arm having a gear teeth on a side of the arm closest to a center of the oblong body member. The cog has a gear design substantially matching and engaged with the gear teeth of the first arm and second arm, and located substantially in the center of the oblong body member between the first arm and second arm. [0015] The various exemplary embodiments further include a method of supporting a garment. The method is comprised of placing a garment hanger inside the waistband of a garment, wherein the garment hanger is comprised of an oblong body member; a first arm and a second arm, each connected inside the oblong body member on opposing sides, and arm having a gear teeth on a side of the arm closest to a center of the oblong body member; a cog having an gear design substantially matching and engaged with the gear teeth of the first arm and second arm, located substantially in the center of the oblong body member between the first arm and second arm; a locking mechanism; a calibration means; and a suspending means. The first arm and second arm are moved away from the oblong body member in a synchronous movement such that the waist band contacts a first hand of the first arm and a second hand of the second arm. The locking mechanism is engaged, and the garment hanger is hanged via the suspending means. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS [0016] The various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, which will become more apparent as the description proceeds, are described in the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0017] FIG. 1 is an illustration of a side view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Continue reading about Adjustable hanger with size calibration and internal support device... Full patent description for Adjustable hanger with size calibration and internal support device Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Adjustable hanger with size calibration and internal support device patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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