at other different location or may comprise different number of locking members for securing the two portions 23 and 24 for instance a single locking member comprising a protrusion and a recess may be disposed respectively at the two portions 23 and 24 intermediate or midway between the two lateral arms 27 and 28 furthermore in the present embodiment the protrusion 41 and recess 42 are formed from polymeric material but those skilled in the art will understand that other material may be used referring to fig7 and 8 there is shown an exemplary representation of another locking assembly 140 for use in the expandable clothes frame 100 according to the present invention the locking assembly 140 comprises two protrusions 141 and two recesses 142 respectively disposed at the two portions 123 124 of the upper foldable assembly 121 as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art the locking assembly 140 may comprise different number of protrusion recess pairs as needed the increased number of protrusions and recesses will enhance the securing between the two portions and as such hold the expandable clothes frame 100 in the extended configuration more securely although in the exemplary embodiments the locking assembly 40 locks the foldable assemblies 21 and 22 at the extended configuration of the expandable clothes frame 10 those skilled in the art will readily understand that the locking assembly may be arranged to lock the foldable assemblies 21 and 22 at a configuration other than the extended configuration for instance a partially retracted configuration furthermore although each of the foldable assemblies 21 and 22 as described above lies substantially in a horizontal plane when the expandable clothes frame 10 is in the extended configuration those skilled in the art will appreciate that this.