Airudry rug
OwnerWallace Charles Maddeninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a apparatus which functions as a personal body-drying device for an individual whose skin is wet immediately after a bath or shower. The device is essentially a rug attached atop a platform, with the said rug exposed at its bottom surface to at least one plenum chamber, or to a network of ducting. Both the rug and the network of ducting are constructed with regularly-spaced, co-located openings through which heated air is propelled. In the optimum mode of operation, each plenum chamber contains an electric heating element over which passes air driven by fans which are attached, at their air outlets, to the respective plenum chambers.
Claims5
A personal body drying device, comprising:
- at least one fan, said at least one fan enclosed in a housing wherein said housing defines an air inlet and an air outlet for airflow generated by said at least one fan;
- a platform having a horizontal upper surface and a horizontal undersurface, and said platform further having a plurality of concentric apertures, said apertures allowing passage of air between said upper surface and said undersurface
- a plenum chamber having two openings, one opening connected to the air outlet of said at least one fan, and the remaining opening proximate the undersurface of said platform;
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- a rug, having a plurality of openings, said rug being attached to the upper surface of said platform.
A personal body drying device, comprising:
- two fans, one on the left side, and one on the right side of said device, each fan further enclosed in a housing wherein said housing defines an air inlet and an air outlet;
- a left-side plenum chamber, and a right-side plenum chamber each said plenum chamber having an inflow opening and an outflow opening;
- a left-side ducting network comprising conduits, and a right-side conducting network comprising conduits, said left-side ducting network originating proximate the outflow opening of said left-side plenum and said right-side ducting network originating proximate the outflow opening of said right-side plenum;
- a plurality of upwardly vertical exhaust ports connected to said conduits;
- a grated platform having an upper surface and an undersurface, said grated platform further having a plurality of integral concave channels arranged in a manner as to accommodate the contours of said ducting networks;
- a rug attached to the upper surface of said platform, said rug further having a plurality of openings, said openings corresponding to the location of said exhaust ports of said conduits
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.