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US 12,161,267 B2Granted
Towel warming apparatus
AssigneeVistarock Holdings LLC
InventorJames Joseph Wallander
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Abstract
Embodiments relate generally to a heated towel rack that includes at least one lateral support, at least one forced air heating unit in fluid communication with a channel within a lateral support, and at least one cross bar coupled to the at least one lateral support. The at least one cross bar including at least one vent that traverses into a conduit within the cross bar. The channel is in fluid communication with the at least one vent by way of the conduit.
Claims12
A towel rack comprising:
- a first section, wherein the first section comprises a first section cross bar conduit;
- at least one first section vent, wherein the at least one first section vent traverses the first section cross bar conduit;
- a second section, wherein the second section comprises a second section cross bar conduit;
- at least one second section vent, wherein the at least one second section vent traverses the second section cross bar conduit;
- a plurality of cross bars, wherein the plurality of cross bars includes the first section cross bar conduit and the second section cross bar conduit;
- a plurality of lateral supports, at least one of the plurality of lateral supports comprising a channel within an interior of the at least one of the plurality of lateral supports configured to provide a fluid flow path with the first section cross bar conduit, the second section cross bar conduit, or combinations thereof;
- at least one forced air unit, wherein the at least one forced air unit forces user-selected temperature air through the at least one first section vent, the at least one second section vent, or combinations thereof.
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A garment drying rack comprising:
- a plurality of lateral supports, at least one of the plurality of lateral supports comprising a channel within an interior of the at least one of the plurality of lateral supports;
- at least one forced air unit in fluid communication with the channel and configured to generate airflow into the channel;
- a plurality of cross bars, wherein each of the plurality of cross bars comprise a conduit positioned within an interior of each of the plurality of cross bars, wherein the conduit of each of the plurality of cross bars is in fluid communication with the channel, wherein a first conduit of the plurality of cross bars constitutes a first section of the garment drying rack, wherein a second conduit of the plurality of cross bars constitutes a second section of the garment drying rack, and wherein the channel within an interior of the at least one of the plurality of lateral supports is configured to provide a fluid flow path with the first section of the garment drying rack, the second section of the garment drying rack, or combinations thereof;
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- a plurality of vents, wherein at least a first vent of the plurality of vents is in fluid communication with the first conduit and wherein at least a second vent of the plurality of vents is in fluid communication with the second conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.