Collapsible Clothes Hanging and Drying Apparatus
OwnerLynnette Van Orden Mooreinventor
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Abstract
An expandable and customizable cabinet apparatus for supporting clothes when hanging them to dry includes a housing that forms an enclosure with an opening on one side. A door connected to the housing is able to open to substantially 180 degrees. A frame is connected in a hinging arrangement to the housing allowing it to swing relative to the housing between the housing and the door. The frame includes an anchoring grid. A series of articulating hanging racks are affixed to the anchoring grid and held in a horizontal position with support members. The hanging racks may be articulated downward to a position flush with the anchoring grid, and the enclosed with the frame inside the housing and door when closed.
Claims19
An expandable and customizable cabinet apparatus for supporting clothes when hung to dry, comprising:
- a housing forming an enclosure having an opening;
- a door hingedly connected to the housing so that the door covers the opening when closed;
- a first frame hingedly connected to the housing in a manner allowing the frame to move into the enclosure, thereby allowing the door to cover the opening;
- an anchoring member disposed in the frame;
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- a rack member attached to the anchoring member in a manner allowing it to articulate relative to the anchoring member.
A cabinet for drying clothes comprising:
- a housing having a door;
- a frame-bound grid member capable of swinging out from the housing;
- an articulating rack member having horizontal rungs attached to the grid member;
- supports having curved ends for engaging the frame and the rack member;
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- a mesh rack affixed to the articulating rack member.
A method of drying clothes comprising the steps of:
- opening the door of a housing;
- articulating a first rack member to a horizontal position relative to an anchoring member;
- installing a support member between the first rack member and the anchoring member;
- hanging an article of clothing from the first rack member;
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- removing the article of clothing from the first rack member when dry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.