Recessed accessory hook for an automobile

摘要

A stowable accessory hook for an automobile is supported in a surrounding wall structure having an opening defined by a peripheral rim. The distal tips of the hooks are recessed behind the peripheral rim of the surrounding wall structure to protect against inadvertent snagging and abrasions. The hooks are configured such that the distal tips are recessed, at least when not in use. In one embodiment the tip extends into a surrounding cup to be recessed. In another embodiment, a pair of sockets are formed behind the surrounding wall to rotatably receive a pair of pintles extending from a concave cup disposed in the opening in the surrounding wall structure. The cup is manually rotated about a horizontal pivot axis between stowed and operative positions. In the stoved position the tips are recessed. Either single or multiple cantilever hooks extend from the cup for securing plastic grocery and merchandise sacks, garment hangers, or the like. The cup may have a back wall which geometrically conforms to the opening in the surrounding wall structure to close the opening when the cup is in the stowed position. The back wall includes a finger catch offset laterally from the pivot axis to facilitate manipulation between the stowed and operative positions. When multiple hooks are used, they can either extend substantially parallel to one another for retaining plastic grocery and merchandise sacks, or in the alternative extend in opposing directions for securing garment hangers.