Automobile clothes hanger bracket

Claim 1

A removable clothes hanger bracket for installation on the longitudinal hand grip portion of a grab handle in the interior of a vehicle to receive and support a plurality of conventional clothes hanger, having garments thereon comprising; a longitudinal rack member having an elongate generally straight top portion with opposite ends and an arcuate lower portion therebelow extending between the opposite ends of said straight portion defining an open reclining D-shaped configuration and a plurality of spaced hanger-receiving elements thereon for removably receiving and supporting a plurality of clothes hangers, and a pair of generally C-shaped curved hook members pivotally connected at their bottom ends to said rack member top portion intermediate the opposite ends thereof in laterally spaced apart and opposed facing relation and pivotal between an open position spread apart to receive the longitudinal hand grip portion of the grab handle and a closed position with the laterally spaced C-shaped portions overlapped and substantially encircling the longitudinal hand grip portion of the grab handle, said rack member being suspended by said overlapped hook members in a generally horizontal orientation centered beneath said grab handle with the longitudinal axis of said rack member perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal hand grip portion of the grab handle and the opposed ends of said rack member extending laterally to each side thereof, and said laterally spaced hook members in the overlapped and encircled position being laterally spaced apart a sufficient distance to distribute the garment weight supported by said rack member substantially along the length of the longitudinal hand grip portion of the grab handle when supported on the grip handle, and to prevent said rack member from twisting relative to the longitudinal axis of the grip handle.