Bracket mounted towel drying cabinet
OwnerRobert A. DeMarsinventor
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Abstract
A cabinet for heating cloth material such as towels, is provided, capable of mounting on a towel rack or other support. The cabinet of the invention, which is capable of warming or drying towels or other cloth materials, includes a pair of opposed covers which are hingedly attached along one edge, a metal plate for supporting a towel, the metal plate being surrounded by resistance heating elements and being hingedly attached intermediate the two covers, associated circuitry for providing power to the resistance heating elements and brackets for mounting the cabinet on a wall-mounted towel rack.
Claims5
A bracket mounted cabinet for warming cloth material comprising:
- (a) a housing comprising two opposing covers, hingedly attached by a first hinge means along one side and defining an enclosed space upon closure thereof;
- (b) support and heating means for supporting and heating a towel within said enclosed space, said support means hingedly attached by a second hinge means intermediate said covers;
- (c) means for providing power to said heating means;
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- (d) mounting means for mounting said cabinet on a bracket.
A bracket mounted cabinet for warming cloth material comprising:
- (a) a housing comprising two opposed covers, hingedly attached by a first hinge means along one side and defining an enclosed space upon closure thereof;
- (b) support and heating means for supporting and heating a towel within said enclosed space, said support means hingedly attached by a second hinge means intermediate said covers, said support and heating means comprising:
- (1) an inner rigid metal plate, and
- (2) a resistance heating element on at least one side of said plate;
- (c) means for providing power to said heating means, comprising a switch for activation of said heating means and a thermostat for sensing a temperature and for switching said heating means on and off as required;
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- (d) means for mounting said cabinet on a bracket, comprising a pair of brackets adapted to fit over a towel rack, said pair of brackets mounted near a top portion of said cabinet, and a spacer bracket mounted near a bottom portion of said cabinet below said pair of brackets and adapted to maintain said cabinet in a substantially upright position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.