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A garment display device has first and second support arms connected to a base and operable to support a portion of a garment. Each support arm has a plurality of links interconnected by link pivot joints which provide for relative angular movement between adjoined links parallel to a common plane.

A garment display device has first and second support arms connected to a base and operable to support a portion of a garment. Each support arm has a plurality of links interconnected by link pivot joints which provide for relative angular movement between adjoined links parallel to a common plane. Each link has a socket and a disk and has a flange disposed between the socket and disk for supporting a portion of the garment spanning between adjacent links. The flange overlaps a free end of the socket of the adjoining link to provide a smooth and aesthetic support for the garment over a range of positions of the support arm.

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1. A garment display, comprising: a base; including an element for hanging the base on a support,first and second garment support arms connected to opposite sides of the base and being operable to support a portion of a garment, each support arm having a proximal end connected to the base by a base

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A garment display, comprising: a base; including an element for hanging the base on a support,first and second garment support arms connected to opposite sides of the base and being operable to support a portion of a garment, each support arm having a proximal end connected to the base by a base pivot joint,each support arm having a plurality of links interconnected by link pivot joints for pivoting movement in a common plane;each link having a disk with an outer periphery and a socket with a channel, the outer periphery of the disk and the channel of the socket each being at least partially circular;the socket of each link comprising upper and lower arcuate segments defining an opening smaller than a diameter of the disk for the resilient press fit reception, in a radially inward direction, of a disk of an adjacent link to form a pivot joint of adjacent links;each link having a longitudinal axis passing through a center of curvature of the outer periphery of the disk and through a center of curvature of the channel of the socket;each link being operable to be coupled to an adjoining link in an upright orientation and being operable to be coupled to the adjoining link in an inverted orientation, by rotating the link about the longitudinal axis 180 degrees relative to the upright orientation;each link pivot joint providing for relative angular movement between adjoined links;each link having a flange disposed on an upper side thereof and extending from the upper arcuate segment of the socket toward and into overlapping relation to an upper portion of the disk thereof, the flange having an upwardly facing linear external surface for supporting a portion of the garment spanning between the socket of the link and the socket of the adjoining link;the linear external surface of the flange being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the link and being spaced from the longitudinal axis a distance greater than a radius of the outer periphery of the disk,each socket being asymmetric about the longitudinal axis, with said upper arcuate segment extending over a first arcuate angle, as measured from the longitudinal axis, of greater than 90° and the lower arcuate segment extending over a second arcuate angle, as measured from the longitudinal axis, of less than 90°, andthe lower arcuate segment of said socket having an arcuate external surface to accommodate overlapping thereof by a flange of an adjoining link coupled in an inverted orientation. 2. A garment display, as in claim 1, wherein: each link has an arcuate gap between the flange and the disk, the gap being sized and shaped to receive a free end of the socket of the adjoining link; andthe flange overlaps the free end of the socket of the adjoining link over a range of the relative angular movement between adjoined links. 3. A garment display as in claim 1, wherein: each base pivot joint comprises a socket of the same configuration as the sockets of the links including upper and lower arcuate segments forming an opening for the resilient press fit reception of a disk at the proximal end of a support arm to permit rotational adjustment of the associated support arm relative to the base about only one axis, perpendicular to the common plane. 4. A garment display as in claim 1, wherein: the link pivot joints provide discrete locking positions of adjoined links and maintain the adjoined links in a consistent position relative to each other while the garment display is supporting a garment. 5. A garment display as in claim 4, wherein: the channel of each link has at least one radially inward projection; andthe outer periphery of the disk of each link has a plurality of recesses sized and shaped to receive the projection of the channel of an adjoining link, the recesses being spaced around the periphery of the disk. 6. A garment display as in claim 1, wherein: each socket comprises a slot;each disk is sized and shaped to be inserted in the slot to form a link pivot joint; andeach socket substantially surrounds a disk when it is inserted into the slot to form a link pivot joint. 7. A garment display according to claim 1, wherein: each link pivot joint provides for relative angular movement between adjoined links between first and second limit positions; andthe first limit position being wherein longitudinal axes of adjoined links form a substantially straight line and the linear external surfaces of the flanges of adjacent links joined in the same orientation are substantially aligned;whereby the support arms of the garment display can be readily arranged with the links thereof in an aesthetic linear configuration. 8. A garment display according to claim 1, wherein: said first arcuate angle is about 140° and the second arcuate angle is about 85°. 9. A garment display according to claim 1, wherein: the disk and socket are of generally circular external configurations, and the distance between the center of curvature of the socket and the center of curvature of the disk is less than the sum of external radii of the of the socket and disk, such that the generally circular configurations of the disk and socket of each link intersect in the region of the longitudinal axis. 10. A garment display according to claim 3, wherein: the socket of each base pivot joint comprises upper and lower arcuate segments, andthe upper arcuate segment of each base pivot joint extends laterally outward a distance greater than the lower segment to form a downwardly angled socket opening for the reception of a disk at the proximal end of a support arm. 11. A garment display according to claim 1, wherein: the disk of each link is formed with a peripheral configuration of convex cross sectional shape, andthe socket of each disk formed with an internal channel of concave cross sectional shape complimentary to the convex cross sectional shape of the disk and forming spaced apart sidewalls, whereby when a disk is engaged in a socket of an adjacent link the disk is laterally confined by the spaced side walls of said socket.