Patent ID: 7273154

Claim:
A clothesline assembly for use during camping trips and the like, said clothesline assembly comprising: an elongated housing having a tubular shape provided with axially opposed open end portions abutted adjacent a rear portion of the vehicle, said housing having a planar top surface provided with a plurality of spaced apertures formed adjacent said end portions thereof; a plurality of couplings directly insertable into said end portions of said housing in such a manner that said couplings are laterally adaptable along a centrally registered longitudinal axis of said housing, each said couplings having a solid core provided with a substantially linear bore formed at an angle offset from a vertical axis, each said couplings further having a hole formed therein which is vertically positional with an associated one of the apertures during assembly procedures; a plurality of quick-release pins removably insertable into corresponding ones of the apertures and holes for maintaining said couplings at a static spatial relationship with said housing during traveling conditions; a plurality of elongated and linear support shafts sized and shaped for being stored within said housing during traveling conditions, said support shafts being interfittab!e directly into the bores after said couplings are partially and laterally displaced from said housing; and a flexible cord having opposed end portions detachably tethered to said support shafts in such a manner that said cord maintains a sufficient tension for supporting wet clothes therefrom during operating conditions.