Automotive clothes hanger bracket

Abstract

A removable and adjustable clothes hanger bracket for mounting on a fixed garment hook in the interior of a vehicle to increase garment carrying capacity. The bracket includes a flat rectangular base plate and a detachable flat triangular hanger extension. The base plate has an adjustable opening at its upper end for hanging it on the fixed garment hook and a slotted portion and support portion on its front surface. The hanger extension member is removably received in the slotted and support portions of the base plate and has an outer end extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom with a notched top edge for supporting a plurality of garment hangers and a hooked portion at the outer end. A pair of removable tabs disposed in the rectangular opening of the base plate allow the size of the opening to be selectively altered to receive different sizes of fixed garment hooks. A support adapter accessory is also provided which is slidably and removably received on the base plate and extends rearwardly therefrom to contact the interior trim of the vehicle adjacent the fixed garment hook. The rearward extension of the support adapter is adjustable to stabilize and support the rectangular base plate in a generally vertical position against various types of automobile interior trim profiles. When properly installed, the base plate is positioned generally vertically and the hanger extension extends outwardly and angularly upward from the base plate.

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