Portable drying rack
AssigneeChampagne Industries Inc.
InventorsÉric CHAMPAGNE, Norman BÉDARD
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Abstract
There is provided a collapsible drying rack for easy packing and transport. The drying rack in configurable between a non-operative compacted configuration to an operative deployed configuration where a plurality of arms extends outwardly of the body for drying operation. Reversible conversion of the rack from the non-operative configuration to the operative configuration is performed by actuation of a triggering assembly. Once deployed, each arm may be used for hanging wet items such as clothes or sport's equipment. The drying rack may be anchored to various types of support via a retainer assembly including one or more elements for clipping and/or hanging the drying rack to the support.
Claims23
A drying rack reversibly configurable between a non-operative configuration and an operative configuration for drying operation, the drying rack comprising:
- a main elongated body;
- a plurality of elongated drying arms configured to receive items to be hung, each one of the elongated drying arms having a proximal end pivotably mounted to the main body;
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- a triggering assembly cooperating with the main body and each one of the elongated drying arms to selectively
- pivot the elongated drying arms towards the main body until the elongated drying arms rest along the main body in the non-operative configuration of the drying rack for storage or transportation, or
- pivot the elongated drying arms away from the main body until the elongated drying arms extends laterally away from the main body in the operative configuration of the drying rack to allow hanging of the items to dry.
A drying rack adapted to be mounted to a drying rack support spaced-apart from a floor, the drying rack comprising:
- a main body;
- a plurality of elongated drying arms pivotably mounted to the main body and configurable between an arm-compacted configuration, wherein the elongated drying arms are juxtaposed to the main body and an arm-operative configuration wherein the elongated drying arms branch outwardly from the main body;
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- a drying rack retainer assembly mounted to the main body and engageable with the drying-rack support to support in a stable configuration above the floor.
A drying rack comprising:
- a main body comprising a plurality of elongated cavities;
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- a plurality of elongated drying arms pivotably mounted to the main body and being configurable between an arm-compacted configuration, wherein the elongated drying arms are at least partially inserted in a respective one of the elongated cavities, and an arm-operative configuration wherein the elongated drying arms branch outwardly from the main body and the respective one of the elongated cavities;
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- a triggering assembly cooperating with the main body and each one of the elongated drying arms and configurable in a rack-compacted configuration to maintain the elongated drying arms at least partially inserted the respective one of the elongated cavities and a rack-operative configuration to release the elongated drying arms from the respective one of the elongated cavities to be configured into the arm-operative configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.