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A device for hanging garbage bags on an exterior of a vehicle such as a car for hauling the garbage bags to a disposal area. The device includes a vehicle attachment member attached to a hook member via a strap. The vehicle attachment member has a base portion and a vehicle engagement arm extending

A device for hanging garbage bags on an exterior of a vehicle such as a car for hauling the garbage bags to a disposal area. The device includes a vehicle attachment member attached to a hook member via a strap. The vehicle attachment member has a base portion and a vehicle engagement arm extending from the base portion. The vehicle engagement arm is configured to hang over a door frame or open window of the vehicle and thereby removably suspend the vehicle attachment member on the vehicle. The hook member has a base portion and at least one garbage bag suspension arm extending from the base portion, the garbage bag suspension arm configured to securely suspend a garbage bag. The vehicle engagement arm of the vehicle attachment member and the garbage bag suspension arm of the hook member are preferably positioned on opposite sides of the strap.

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1. A method of hauling a garbage bag to a disposal area such as a garbage dumpster or a road-side drop off point, the method comprising:providing a passenger vehicle such as a car, truck, or sports utility vehicle, providing a device for hauling garbage bags, said device having a vehicle attachment

1. A method of hauling a garbage bag to a disposal area such as a garbage dumpster or a road-side drop off point, the method comprising:providing a passenger vehicle such as a car, truck, or sports utility vehicle, providing a device for hauling garbage bags, said device having a vehicle attachment member said vehicle attachment member comprising a base portion, said base portion having a substantially flat profile, said flat profile of said base portion assisting in minimizing rotation or twisting of said vehicle attachment member when said vehicle attachment member is removably attached to the vehicle, a vehicle engagement arm, said engagement arm extending laterally from an inner upper end of said base portion, said vehicle engagement arm fixed at an acute angle relative to said base portion, said vehicle engagement arm having a substantially flat profile, said flat profile of said vehicle engagement arm assisting in minimizing rotation or twisting of said vehicle attachment member when said vehicle attachment member is removably attached to the vehicle, and said base portion having a substantially horizontal slot through a lower portion thereof; a hook member for suspending a garbage bag, said hook member comprising a hook member base portion, said hook member base portion having a substantially flat profile, said flat profile of said hook member base portion minimizing rotation of said hook member when said vehicle attachment member is removably attached to the vehicle, at least one garbage bag suspension arm extending from said hook member base portion, said garbage bag suspension arm having a support portion extending substantially laterally from an outer lower end of said hook member base portion, said suspension arm terminating in an upwardly extending catch member, and said base portion of said hook member having a substantially horizontal slot through an upper portion thereof; a pliable strap, an upper end of said pliable strap threaded through said slot of said vehicle attachment member and fixedly attached to said pliable strap to thereby form a closed upper loop, said upper loop thereby securing said vehicle attachment member on said upper end of said strap, a lower end of said pliable strap threaded through said slot of said hook member and fixedly attached to said pliable strap to thereby form a closed lower loop, said lower loop thereby securing said hook member on said lower end of said strap, and said vehicle engagement arm of said vehicle attachment member and said garbage bag suspension arm of said hook member positioned on opposite sides of said pliable strap, such that when said vehicle attachment member is attached to the vehicle and said pliable strap is in an untwisted configuration, said garbage bag suspension arm extends from the vehicle to thereby facilitate suspension of at least one garbage bag from said garbage bag suspension arm attaching the device to a door frame or a partially open window of the passenger vehicle via the vehicle engagement arm of the vehicle attachment member such that the garbage bag suspension arm extends from the vehicle, threading a loop of a garbage bag over said garbage bag suspension arm and allowing the loop to rest on the garbage bag suspension arm to thereby suspend the garbage bag on the vehicle, driving the vehicle to the garbage disposal area, removing the garbage bag from the garbage bag suspension arm, and discarding the garbage bag in the garbage disposal area. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, upon discarding the garbage bag, detaching the device for hauling garbage from the vehicle.3. The device of claim 1, wherein said garbage bag suspension arm is substantially U-shaped.4. The device of claim 3, further comprising a brace member fixed on an upper surface of said garbage bag suspension arm, said brace member positioned and configured to assist in retaining said upward extension of said garbage bag suspension arm in position.5. The device of claim 4, wherein said brace member has a pair of flat opposing outer walls, each of said opposing outer walls intersecting said garbage bag suspension arm at an angle of about 90 degrees.