Retractable automotive clothesline

A retractable automotive clothesline apparatus for suspension between spaced hook members mounted on opposed sides of an automotive interior, the apparatus comprising,

• a housing including an outlet conduit defined by a predetermined diameter, wherein the conduit is in communication with an interior cavity of the housing, and
• an elongate flexible line wound within the housing, and
• a retraction means within said cavity of said housing for normally biasing the line interiorly of the housing, and
• a line hook mounted to a free end of the line for securement to one of said hook members, and
• a housing hook pivotally mounted to the housing for securement to a remaining hook member, and
• wherein the housing is defined by a cylindrical configuration and the outlet conduit is tangentially arranged relative to the cylindrical housing, and
• wherein the flexible line includes a main flexible body member, and further includes spaced encircling grooves formed at predetermined intervals along the main body member, and the encircling grooves are defined by a groove diameter less than that defined by a main body diameter of the main body member, and
• further including a plurality of hanger members captured and securable onto the flexible line, and the hanger members each are defined by an articulated framework, the articulated framework including a plurality of arm members, each arm member of a predetermined width equal to or less than a groove width defined by each encircling groove, and
• wherein each hanger member includes a cylindrical head member mounted about the flexible line about one of the plurality of encircling grooves, and a support rod integrally formed to the cylindrical head member, and a first pivot mounted to a further end of the support rod remote from the cylindrical head member, and a plurality of top frame arms mounted to the first pivot, and remote ends of the top frame arms remote from the first pivot mounted and integrally secured to a third pivot, each third pivot further including a base arm member mounted thereto, and each base arm member secured together by a second pivot, the second pivot underlying the first pivot.