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US 2004/0129659 A1Published application
Clothe drying apparatus
OwnerPeter Ar-Fu Laminventor
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Abstract
A garment drying apparatus (200) is disclosed having a frame (201), a porous net 204, an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; slip proof pads (205,206) are provided to support said frame to rest at an acute angle from the floor.
Claims25
A retail packaging configured for drying a cloth comprising:
- a frame structured with a stretched porous sheet for supporting a spread out wet cloth;
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- a garment hanger having a medial portion and two supporting arms extending in opposite direction at an obtuse angle from said medial portion.
A cloth drying apparatus comprising
- a variable size frame structured to provide an expanded size drying mode and a reduced size storage mode;
- said frame is also structured to stand at an acute angle from a supporting surface during said expanded size drying mode;
- a porous sheet structured to be stretched by said frame in said expanded size drying mode;
- said sheet is also configured to be wrapped with said frame or folded to provide said reduced size storage mode;
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- receiving means proximate to the upper center portion of said frame for attaching said frame with a garment hanger.
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23 A cloth drying apparatus comprising
- a variable size frame structured to provide an expanded size drying mode and a reduced size storage mode;
- said frame is also structured to stand at an acute angle from a supporting surface during said expanded size drying mode;
- a porous sheet structured to be stretched by said frame in said expanded size drying mode;
- said sheet is also configured to be wrapped with said frame or folded to provide said reduced size storage mode;
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- a garment hanger having first and second supporting arms extending in opposite direction at an obtuse angle from a medial portion.
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The cloth drying apparatus of claim 23 wherein said garment hanger further comprises:
- first and second movable arms configured to travel along said first and second supporting arms for defining an adjustable garment supporting width;
- each of said movable arms having a remote region remote from said medial portion and a proximal terminal closer to said medial portion;
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- first and second linkage tongues, each having a remote end connected to said movable arms and a proximal region coupled to the medial portion of said hanger for reciprocally adjusting the position of said movable arms.
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The cloth drying apparatus of claim 23 wherein said garment hanger further comprises:
- first and second movable arms configured to travel along said first and second supporting arms for defining an adjustable garment supporting width;
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- a knob located proximate to said medial portion for adjusting the position of said movable arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.