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US 5,175,944 AGranted
Device for displaying and heating an article of clothing
OwnerWilliam L. Fruehaufinventor
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Abstract
A device for displaying cyclically heating an article of clothing placed thereover to a temperature at which color-changeable ink imprinted on the clothing either changes color or becomes invisible. The preferred embodiment simulates an upper torso and is formed of transparent plastic panels to snugly receive a shirt thereover.
Claims7
A device for displaying and heating an article of clothing comprising:
- a transparent outer housing sized to receive the article of clothing treated with color change ink fitted thereover, said frame generally similar to a portion of a human anatomy over which the article of clothing is intended to be worn;
- heating means operably connected within said transparent housing for elevating at least a portion of the article of clothing to a color change temperature range within said color changeable ink imprinted on that portion of the article of clothing changes color or becomes invisible.
A device for displaying and heating an article of clothing treated with a color change ink comprising:
- a plurality of thin transparent panels connected to form a three dimensional outer housing similar to that of a portion of the human anatomy;
- said plurality of connected panels also defining an interior volume in combination with the article of clothing snugly fitted over said three dimensional shape into which a blower controllably discharges heated air;
- control means in said interior volume for regulating operation of said blower so as to cyclically elevate the temperature of the article of clothing to a color change temperature range within which color changeable ink imprinted on the article of clothing changes color or becomes invisible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.