# US 10,870,944 B2 · Glove and mitten dryer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,944 B2 - Document ID: US10870944B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/185,449 - Filed: 2018-11-09 - Published: 2019-03-14 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-30 - Applicants: Karen Smoots - Inventors: Karen Smoots - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870944B2 ## CPC - D06F 59/04: for gloves - F26B 21/001: {Air generating units, e.g. movable or independent of drying enclosure} - F26B 21/008: {the objects being flexible, e.g. inflatable tubes or sausage casings} - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - F26B: DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27) ## Abstract A drying system embodying a method and glove dryer mountable to an outlet of an already-running furnace when in use so as to safely and efficiently dry out articles, and that dissembles into stackable elements when stored is provided. The glove dryer may include a base providing a plurality of detachable nozzles. The base may form a volumetric enclosure for both safely mounting the outlet of an already-running furnace as well as for storage purposes. The plurality of detachable nozzles may be stacked in a nest configuration when removed from the base for storing in the volumetric enclosure. When in use, the plurality of detachable nozzles each provide a plurality of holes through which heated air from the outlet reaches to tops of articles of clothing slidably received thereon. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A glove dryer for use with a preexisting furnace, the glove dryer comprising: a base with a stepped shape and a planar periphery forming a volumetric enclosure configured to enclose an outlet of the preexisting furnace, the base having a first platform spaced apart from a second platform, and a plurality of base holes formed in the first platform and the second platform of the base; a plurality of tubular detachable nozzles removably received the base holes; wherein the second platform has a pair of holes that are formed through the second platform adjacent to the planar periphery and configured to receive removable wall clips; wherein the planar periphery further has a pair of notches formed therein and configured to receive the removable wall clips; and wherein each of the notches is disposed adjacent to one of the base holes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The glove dryer of claim 1, wherein each of the first platform and the second platform are planar walls that are oriented on planes that are transverse to a plane defined by the planar periphery of the base. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The glove dryer of claim 1, wherein the base holes are spaced apart from one another along a width of the base. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The glove dryer of claim 3, wherein the base holes are elongate slots. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The glove dryer of claim 1, wherein each of the base holes has a raised annular ring formed on an inner surface of the base around the base hole, the annular ring having a pair of opposing planar surfaces configured to permit an insertion of the tubular detachable nozzles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The glove dryer of claim 5, wherein a thickness of the annular ring together with a thickness of the first platform or the second platform on which the annular ring is formed together is the same as a width of a wall-receiving gap of each of the plurality of tubular detachable nozzles. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The glove dryer of claim 6, wherein the width of the wall-receiving gap is defined by a distance between an underside of a stop rim and a planar surface of a nozzle lock portion of each of the plurality of tubular detachable nozzles. ### Claim 8 A kit for a glove dryer configured to be used with a preexisting furnace, the kit comprising: a base with a stepped shape and a planar periphery forming a volumetric enclosure configured to enclose an outlet of the preexisting furnace, the base having a first platform spaced apart from a second platform, and a plurality of base holes provided by the first platform and the second platform of the base; a plurality of tubular detachable nozzles configured to be removably received by the base holes; a pair of removable wall clips configured to hold the base over an air register disposed on a wall of a building; wherein the second platform has a pair of holes that are formed through the second platform adjacent to the planar periphery and configured to receive the removable wall clips; wherein the base holes are spaced apart from one another along a width of the base; and wherein the base holes are elongate slots. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The kit of claim 8, wherein each of the first platform and the second platform are planar walls that are oriented on planes that are transverse to a plane defined by the planar periphery of the base. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The kit of claim 8, wherein the planar periphery further has a pair of notches formed therein and configured to receive the removable wall clips. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The kit of claim 10, wherein each of the notches is disposed adjacent to one of the base holes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The kit of claim 8, wherein each of the base holes has a raised annular ring formed on an inner surface of the base around the base hole, the annular ring having a pair of opposing planar surfaces configured to permit an insertion of the tubular detachable nozzles. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The kit of claim 12, wherein a thickness of the annular ring together with a thickness of the first platform or the second platform on which the annular ring is formed together is the same as a width of a wall-receiving gap of each of the plurality of tubular detachable nozzles.