Garage door track clothesline

Abstract

A C-clamp type bracket is attached to a back end of the horizontal portion of a garage door track. A clothesline is attached to a bottom end of an arm extending downwardly from the C-clamp type bracket and to the top of a vertical portion of the garage door track. Bolts through loops in the ends of the clothesline secure the clothesline to a hole in the arm and the vertical portion of the garage door track or a bracket attaching the vertical portion to the garage door frame. The garage door track clothesline device may be suspended temporarily or permanently from the garage door track.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A garage door track clothesline device for attaching to a garage door track to enable a user to hang clothes in a garage with a vehicle parked in the garage, wherein the garage door track has a vertical portion attached to a garage door frame by a door track bracket at a top portion and at a bottom portion of the vertical portion, a horizontal portion hung by at least a front and a back hanger from the garage ceiling and a curved portion therebetween so that a garage door with rollers is capable of running in the track from the vertical portion closing the doorway to a door stop point spaced from the back hanger on the horizontal portion opening the doorway, the device comprising: 
 a clothesline bracket fabricated of light weight material, the clothesline bracket comprising a top clamp means configured to fit around a horizontal portion of a garage door track between a door stop point and a back end of a horizontal portion of the garage door track, the top clamp having a securing means to attach the top clamp means to the garage door track and to maintain the top clamp immovably on the garage door track, the clothesline bracket further comprising an elongated arm connected to the top clamp and extending downwardly therefrom, the elongated arm having at least one line attaching means, the elongated arm extending downwardly from the top clamp a sufficient distance to position the at least one line attaching means opposite to a top of a vertical portion of the garage door track;    a clothesline comprising an elongated line capable of receiving clothes hung thereon with a front end having a front securing means capable of being attached to the top of the vertical portion of the garage door track and a back end having a back securing means capable of being attached to the at least one line attaching means on the elongated arm so that the clothesline is capable of being strung along the length of the horizontal portion of the garage door track and clothes may be hung therefrom.    
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one line attaching means comprises at least one opening in the elongated arm and the back securing means comprises an opening means at the back end of the clothesline capable of receiving a screw means therethrough to attach the back end of the clothesline to the clothesline bracket.  
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the top of the vertical portion of the garage door track has an opening therethrough and the front securing means comprises an opening means at the front end of the clothesline capable of receiving a screw means therethrough to attach the front end of the clothesline to the top of the vertical portion of the garage door track.  
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3  further comprising a door track bracket for attaching the top of the vertical portion of the garage door track to a garage door frame, the door track bracket having a hole therethrough capable of receiving the screw means from the front end of the clothesline.  
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one line attaching means comprises at least one opening in the elongated arm and the top of the vertical portion of the garage door track has an opening therethrough and the clothesline is provided with a loop at each end of the line comprising the front and back securing means so that each loop is capable of receiving a screw means therethrough to attach the front end of the clothesline to the top of the vertical portion of the garage door track and to attach the back end of the clothesline to the clothesline bracket.  
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the top clamp means comprises a C-type clamp having a top opening and a bottom opening and the securing means to attach the top clamp means to the garage door track comprises a screw means engaged through the top opening and the bottom opening of the C-type clamp.  
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the clothesline bracket is fabricated of lightweight aluminum or steel.