Hanger entrapment system

A hanger entrapment system (100) for releasable attachment to an automobile and releasably secure a plurality of hangers (400) to the hanger entrapment system (100), comprising:

• a support (200) having a support proximal end (201), a support distal end (202), a support width (203), a support length (204), a support dextral side (205), and a support sinistral side (206),
• wherein the support (200) includes a plurality of support recesses (210) separated by a recess separation distance (280), and each support recess (210) having a recess width (220), a recess length (230) a recess depth (240), a recess proximal sidewall (250), a recess distal sidewall (260), and a recess floor (270);
• a cover (300) configured to engage the support (200) and (a) permit relative movement in an axial direction from an open position to a secured position, and (b) prevent separation in a transverse direction,
• wherein the cover (300) includes a cover proximal end (301), a cover distal end (302), a cover width (303), a cover length (304), a cover dextral side (305), a cover sinistral side (306), a cover thickness (308), a plurality of cover apertures (310) separated from adjacent apertures (310) by an aperture separation distance (316), a plurality of cover entrapment slots (320), a plurality of cover support members (340), and a cover throat dimension (350) measured between the cover dextral side (305) and the cover sinistral side (306), wherein cover throat dimension (350) is less than at least a portion of the support width (203),
• wherein each cover aperture (310) has an aperture width (312) and an aperture length (314), and each cover entrapment slot (320) is in communication with one of the cover apertures (310) and has an entrapment slot width (322) and an entrapment slot length (324), and the entrapment slot length (324) is at least 50% greater than the aperture length (314),
• wherein the cover (300) includes a plurality of cover entrapment protrusions (330) with each bounded at least in part by one of the plurality of cover apertures (310) and one of the plurality of cover entrapment slots (320), and each of the cover entrapment protrusions (330) has a protrusion width (332) and a protrusion length (334), and the protrusion width (332) is greater than the entrapment slot width (322),
• wherein each of the cover support members (340) separates a portion of one of the cover apertures (310), and a portion of one of the cover entrapment slots (320), from an edge at one of the cover dextral side (305) and the cover sinistral side (306);
• wherein in the open position at least a portion of the cover aperture (310) and the support recess (210) align and allow entry of a portion of the hanger (400) through the cover aperture (310) and into the support recess (210);
• and
• wherein in the secured position the cover entrapment protrusion (330) extends over at least a portion of the support recess (210) and a portion of the hanger (400) extends through the cover entrapment slot (320).