Garment bag clothes hanger mounting apparatus

Clothes hanger mounting apparatus for a garment bag, comprising:

• a generally U-shaped housing having top and bottom walls with an integrally interconnecting back wall, said top wall being secured to supporting parts in the upper region of the garment bag;
• said housing further including first and second sidewalls integral with the housing bottom wall and extending upwardly partway to the top wall;
• separate resilient cushion means affixed to the upper surface of each housing side wall;
• a cover plate having an edge portion rotatably affixed to the housing top wall edge for movement from a position closing off the U-shaped housing entrance between the top and bottom walls to a further position leaving the entrance unobstructed;
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• bail means having one end pivotally related to the inner surface of the front cover and an opposite end slidingly received within groove means in rib means interconnected between the housing back and top walls, said bail means moving from a position spaced away from the cushion means when the cover plate is open to a position where first and second platen means compressingly contact the cushion means on the respective first and second sidewalls when the cover plate is closed.