Blow-Dry Enclosure
OwnerKeith Gangitanoinventor
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Abstract
A blow-dry enclosure has an inflatable bag made of rugged material, with on the front an opening to receive air from an air mover, and a vent or a vent carrier that can receive a vent. The inflatable bag may be in the shape of a block. The material may be coated with an impermeable layer, and it may be lightweight and machine-washable. The blow-dry enclosure may have two or more inflatable towers on the top, and an opening on the back to receive air. The vent may be removable, replaceable, and adjustable. The blow-dry enclosure may have a hose on the front opening to connect it to the air mover. It may further have connector flaps to connect it to other blow-dry enclosures, straps to allow it to curve forward or backward, or shorten it, and/or anchor tabs to tie it to the ground.
Claims20
A blow-dry enclosure comprising an inflatable bag with a first opening located on a first side, wherein:
- the inflatable bag is generally in a shape that allows separating air in a first section of space in a building from air in a second section of space in the building, wherein the first section and the second section are outside the blow-dry enclosure;
- the inflatable bag is made of a rugged material that withstands puncturing;
- the first opening is configured to receive air inflow from a first air mover;
- the inflatable bag has a second side different than the first side and a third side different than the first and second sides;
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- at least one of a first vent carrier or a vent is located on the first side, wherein the first vent carrier is configured to contain and connect to a removable and replaceable first vent, and wherein a first vent is configured to release air from inside the inflatable bag to the first section of space while the inflatable bag stays inflated.
A method of drying a first section of a space, the method comprising the following steps:
- (a) placing an inflatable bag between the first section and a second section of the space, wherein the first section and the second section are outside of the inflatable bag;
- (b) moving air from the first section into the inflatable bag to inflate it, thereby physically separating at least a part of the first section from at least a part of the second section;
- (e) releasing air from a vent in the inflatable bag into the first section to provide an air flow in the first section while keeping the inflatable bag inflated;
- (f) extracting moisture from the flowing warm air in the first section;
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- (e) repeating steps (b)-(f) until the first section has reached a dry standard.
A method of containing contaminants in a first section of a space, comprising the following steps:
- (a) placing an inflatable bag between the first section and a second section of the space, wherein the first section and the second section are external to the inflatable bag;
- (b) filtering air from the first section;
- (c) moving the filtered air from the first section into the inflatable bag to inflate the inflatable bag and to separate the first section from the second section, thereby containing contaminants in the first section;
- (d) releasing the filtered air from the inflatable bag while keeping the inflatable bag inflated;
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- (e) determining if the presence of contaminants in the first section is sufficiently low;
- and upon determining that the presence of contaminants in the first section is not sufficiently low, repeating steps (b) through (e).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.