Handbag adaptable support

A hanger for a purse or the like comprising a first, elongate, upper, normally horizontal, first arm with inboard and outboard ends thereof,

• a second, elongate, intermediate, normally vertical second arm having upper and lower ends thereof, the upper end thereof fixedly connected to the outboard end of the upper arm,
• a third, lower, normally horizontal third arm also having inboard and outboard ends thereof with the outboard end thereof fixedly connected to the lower end of the second arm,
• the third arm shorter than the first arm so that the inboard end of the latter extends inboard beyond the inboard end of the former,
• the third arm having normally substantially horizontally extending upper and undersides thereto,
• and a C-shaped hook member pivotably fixed at one upper end thereof to the underside of said third arm adjacent the inboard end thereof,
• said C-shaped hook member, in at least the lower portion thereof, extending below said third arm underside and removably positionable at a variety of angular positions with respect to said third arm including parallel and at opposite right angles thereto,
• a recess in the inboard end of said third arm in the underside thereof, the upper portion of said C-shaped hook member pivotably fixed to said third arm being positioned within said recess, and
• the outboard end of said recess limiting the ability of said C-shaped hook member to pivot with respect to said third arm in the neighborhood of an arc slightly greater than 180 degrees.