Patent ID: 7325696

Claim:
A multiple part adjustable clothes rod assembly for a vehicle comprising: a first clothes rod segment comprising: a first outer sleeve; a first inner sleeve movably received within the first outer sleeve for adjusting the length of the clothes rod assembly; means to attach the first clothes rod segment to the vehicle; a second clothes rod segment comprising: a second outer sleeve; a second inner sleeve movably received within the second outer sleeve for adjusting the length of the clothes rod assembly; and means to attach the second clothes rod segment to the vehicle; and means to removably attach the second clothes rod segment to the first clothes rod segment, the means to removably attach including a male member on the end of the first clothes rod segment and a female member on the end of the second clothes rod segment, wherein the male member may be selectively inserted into the female member and twisted to be locked in place in a bayonet-type connection, wherein the male member comprises a base having a first diameter and an end member having a pair of wings and a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, and wherein the female member comprises a central bore having a pair of channels for receiving the wings of the end member.