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Garage and vehicle protector disclosed mounts on a garage and has an indicator positioned inward from the left side of the door opening to guide a driver to correctly align a vehicle laterally when entering or exiting the garage. The protector has an adjustable support that is adjusted such that the

Garage and vehicle protector disclosed mounts on a garage and has an indicator positioned inward from the left side of the door opening to guide a driver to correctly align a vehicle laterally when entering or exiting the garage. The protector has an adjustable support that is adjusted such that the automobile mirror just touches the indicator when the vehicle is correctly aligned. One or more fuzzy balls or a feather preferably coated with a flourescent material is used as the indicator. The indicator and support are resilient to flex when contacted and return to the original position when the contact force is removed.

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1. A protector in combination with a vehicle and a garage for providing visual side to side guidance of the vehicle having a left side rear view mirror traveling through a garage door opening of the garage having a left side member along a left side of a garage door opening and a U-shaped garage doo

1. A protector in combination with a vehicle and a garage for providing visual side to side guidance of the vehicle having a left side rear view mirror traveling through a garage door opening of the garage having a left side member along a left side of a garage door opening and a U-shaped garage door roller track, comprising:a resilient indicator having a flat, elongated, vertically extending indicator strip of a material rigid against vertical displacement, double sided tape attached to and extending along said indicator strip, and a plurality of brightly colored, fuzzy balls vertically arrayed along said tape, a substantially horizontally extending, flat, elongated support, with vertical surfaces, having an indicator end portion that wraps around said indicator strip to attach said support to said indicator, and means for mounting including flat, elongated first and second clamp portions, a threaded bolt and a threaded nut, said first clamp portion having a hooked first end that hooks onto said track, said second clamp portion having a hooked first end that hooks onto said track opposite said first end of said first clamp portion, said first and second clamp portions wrapping around said track, meeting, and extending away from said track in an overlapping configuration, said bolt extending through said first and second clamp portions where said first and second clamp portion overlap, and said nut threading onto said bolt to clamp said first and second clamp portions to said track, said second clamp portion having an elbow and a spaced second end with said second clamp portion extending rearwardly and outwardly from said track to said elbow and inwardly from said elbow to said second end, with said support being positioned in an overlapping relationship with said second clamp portion between said elbow and said second end of said second clamp portion, and said support having spaced clips that wrap around said support and said second clamp portion to adjustably secure said support to said means for mounting, to extend said indicator a selected horizontal clearance distance into said garage door opening from said left side member whereby said indicator contacts said left side rear view mirror to guide a driver to correctly laterally align the vehicle in said opening. 2. A protector in combination with a vehicle and a garage having a left side member along a left side of a garage door opening, comprising:a resilient indicator, a resilient support connected to said indicator and connectable to said left side member and located a selected distance into said garage door opening from said left side member to establish a lateral clearance distance for the vehicle from said left side member to guide a driver to correctly laterally aline the vehicle in said opening wherein said indicator and support and deflected when contacted by a moving vehicle in the garage and return to the original position when the contact force is removed so that contact between the vehicle and garage may be avoided, said means for mounting mounts on a garage door roller track, said means for mounting includes flat, elongated first and second clamp portions, threaded bolt and a threaded nut with said first clamp portion having a hooked first end that hooks onto said track, said second clamp portion having a hooked first end that hooks onto said track opposite said first end of said first clamp portion, said first and second clamp portions wrapping around said track, meeting, and extending away from said track in an overlapping configuration, said bolt extending through said first and second clamp portions where said first and second clamp portion overlap, and said nut threading onto said bolt to clamp said means for mounting to said track. 3. The combination as set forth in claim 2 wherein said second clamp portion has an elbow and a spaced second end with said second clamp portion extending rearwardly and outwardly from said track to said elbow and inwardly from said elbow to said second end.4. A protector in combination with a vehicle and a garage having a left side member along a left side of a garage door opening, comprising:a resilient indicator, a resilient support connected to said indicator and connectable to said left side member and located a selected distance into said garage door opening from said left side member to establish a lateral clearance distance for the vehicle from said left side member to guide a driver to correctly laterally aline the vehicle in said opening wherein said indicator and support and deflected when contacted by a moving vehicle in the garage and return to the original position when the contact force is removed so that contact between the vehicle and garage may be avoided, said means form mounting mounts on a garage door roller track, said means for mounting includes flat, elongated first and second clamp portions, threaded bolt and a threaded nut with said first clamp portion having a hooked first end that hooks onto said track, said second clamp portion having a hooked first end that hooks onto said track opposite said first end of said first clamp portion, said first and second clamp portions wrapping around said track, meeting, and extending away from said track in an overlapping configuration, said bolt extending through said first and second clamp portions where said first and second clamp portion overlap, and said nut threading onto said bolt to clamp said means for mounting to said track, said second clamp portion has and elbow and a spaced second end with said second clamp portion extending rearwardly and outwardly from said track to said elbow and inwardly from said elbow to said second end, said support is a flat elongated strip that is positioned in an overlapping relationship with said second clamp portion between said elbow and said second end of said second clamp portion, and said support has spaced clips that wrap around said support and said second clamp portion to adjustably secure said support to said means for mounting.