Patent ID: 8136458

Claim:
A clothesline apparatus for attaching to a clothesline pole or a wall, said clothesline apparatus comprising: (a) a bench component having an upper surface, a lower surface, a front edge, and a back edge, wherein a first indentation is disposed at the back edge of the bench component; wherein a half-cylinder shaped first wing extends upwardly from the first indentation such that it is generally perpendicular to the top surface of the bench component; wherein a half-cylinder shaped second wing extends downwardly from the first indentation such that it is generally perpendicular to the lower surface of the bench component; (b) a basket for holding clothes, said basket having a front edge, a back edge, and a second indentation disposed at the back edge of the basket; wherein the basket can be placed onto the upper surface of the bench component; wherein the second indentation helps the back edge of the basket fit snugly against the clothesline pole; (c) a first container and a second container, wherein the first container and second container are both removably attached to the bench component near the front edge of the bench component by being inserted into holes in the bench component, wherein the first container and second container are for storing clothes pins or the like; and (d) a first clamp having a bottom edge and a second clamp having an upper edge, wherein the first clamp and the second clamp can wrap tightly around the clothesline pole by tightening each clamp by turning its attached captive screw; wherein the first clamp has a first gap at the bottom edge wherein the first gap can snugly fit around the first wing of the bench component as the tightened clamp causes the first gap to close around the first wing; wherein the second clamp has a second gap at the upper edge, wherein the second gap can snugly fit around the second wing of the bench component as the tightened clamp causes the second gap to close around the second wing; wherein a user can attach the bench component to the clothesline pole by wrapping the first clamp around both the clothesline pole and the first wing, and wrap the second clamp around both the clothesline pole and the second wing: wherein the first indentation, first wing, and second wing each help the back edge of the bench fit snugly onto the clothesline pole, since the first indentation accommodates the shape of the clothesline pole and the first wing and second wing are removably attached to the clothesline pole by the first clamp and second clamp, respectively.