Towel rack
AssigneeVistarock Holdings LLC
InventorsJames Wallander, William Wallander, Paul Dowd, Norman Barrigas, David Block
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Abstract
A towel rack includes a laterally extending cross structure and a fluid flow path traversing the laterally extending cross structure. A forced air unit is positioned in the laterally extending cross structure. A heating element heats air which is moved via the forced air unit through the fluid flow path. A vent is in fluid communication with the fluid flow path.
Claims21
1-141. (canceled)
A towel rack comprising:
- a laterally extending cross structure;
- a fluid flow path traversing the laterally extending cross structure;
- a forced air unit positioned in the laterally extending cross structure;
- a heating element that heats air which is moved via the forced air unit through the fluid flow path;
- and
- a vent in fluid communication with the fluid flow path, wherein the laterally extending cross structure is configured to support a towel and cause the towel to receive air which emitted from the vent.
A method of heating an article, garment, or towel to a pre-selected temperature in a range of 135° F.-220° F. and maintaining that pre-selected temperature for a pre-selected period of time in a range of 10 sec.-120 min.
A towel rack comprising:
- a base;
- a first lateral sidewall extending from the base;
- a second lateral sidewall extending from the base, wherein ends of the first lateral sidewall and ends of the second lateral sidewall are configured to form a space between the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall, wherein at least one of the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall are configured to provide a fluid flow path which traverses the respective first lateral sidewall and second lateral sidewall;
- a forced air unit;
- a heating element to heat air which is moved via the forced air unit through the fluid flow path;
- and
- an internal vent located in the at least one of the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall and in fluid communication with the fluid flow path and configured to emit the air into the space, wherein the first lateral sidewall, the second lateral sidewall, or a combination thereof, is configured to support at least one towel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.