摘要：
A hanger is provided which supports long garments securely and easily in half or less length than the garment would occupy hanging on a conventional hanger. Such a garment hanger comprises: a primary support including a hook and elements arranged to suspend a top portion of a garment; an auxiliary support including a bar for suspending the bottom portion of the garment, shortening a total length of the garment thus supported; and the primary support and the auxiliary support including cooperative, non-locking elements detachably suspending the auxiliary support from the primary support with the bar close to the primary support.
权利要求：
1. A garment hanger (100, 300) comprising: a primary support (110, 310) including a hook (111) and elements (113A, 113B) constructed and arranged to suspend a top portion of a garment; an auxiliary support (130, 330) including a bar (131, 331) for suspending a bottom portion of the garment, shortening a total length of the garment thus supported; and the primary support (110, 310) and the auxiliary support (130, 330) including cooperative, non-locking elements detachably suspending the auxiliary support (130, 330) from the primary support (110, 310) with the bar (131, 331) close to the primary support (110, 310), characterised in that the non-locking elements are held in respective recesses in primary support(110, 310) and auxiliary support (130, 330).
2. The hanger of claim 1, further comprising: a magnet in one of the primary support (110, 310) and the auxiliary support (130, 330) and a material to which the magnet is attracted in the other of the primary support and the auxiliary support
3. The hanger (100, 300) of claim 1, further comprising: an auxiliary hook extending from the auxiliary support so as to hang from a top portion of the primary support.
4. The hanger of claim 1, further comprising: patches of hook-and-loop fastener on the auxiliary support and the primary support
5. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the primary support comprises: arms (113A, 113B, 313A, 313B) extending from the primary support (110, 210, 310, 510) to provide support to shoulders or shoulder straps of the garment.
6. The hanger of claim 5, further comprising: a magnet in one of the primary support and the auxiliary support and a material to which the magnet is attracted in the other of the primary support and the auxiliary support
7. The hanger of claim 5, further comprising: an auxiliary hook extending from the auxiliary support so as to hang from a top portion of the primary support.
8. The hanger of claim 5, further comprising: patches of hook-and-loop fastener on the auxiliary support and the primary support.
9. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the primary support , comprises: clips (340) extending from the primary support to provide support to the garment.
10. The hanger of claim 9, further comprising: a magnet in one of the primary support and the auxiliary support and a material to which the magnet is attracted in the other of the primary support and the auxiliary support
11. The hanger of claim 9, further comprising: an auxiliary hook extending from the auxiliary support so as to hang from a top portion of the primary support.
12. The hanger of claim 9, further comprising patches of hook-and-loop fastener on the auxiliary support and the primary support.
13. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the primary support comprises: at least one of arms or clips extending from the primary to provide support to the garment.
14. The of claim 13, wherein the auxiliary support further comprises: clips (340) extending from the bar (131, 331) to provide support to the bottom portion of the garment.
15. The hanger of claim 13, wherein the bar further comprises: a clip having jaws running substantially the length of the bar (131, 331) providing support to and securing the bottom portion of the garment.