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US 5,289,642 AGranted
Portable dryer
OwnerCharles W. Sloaninventor
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Abstract
The device consists of a Portable Dryer for drying the interior of articles, such as ski boots, ski gloves, etc. It includes articulated tubing that can be forced all the way into the toe portion of the ski boot. At the other end of the articulated tubing is a distribution connector for connecting to a suitable means of forcing air through the tubing and into the interior of the ski boot for drying purposes.
Claims6
A portable dryer for drying moisture from the interior from an article to be dried, comprising air means;
- a distribution collar communicating with said air means;
- and articulated tubing having one end communicating with said distribution collar and a second end placed within the interior of the article to be dried;
- wherein said articulated tubing includes a non-flexible upper tubing having one end communicating with said distribution collar, a flexible joint having one end communicating with a second end of said non-flexible tube, and a non-flexible lower tube inserted within the article to be dried and having a first end communicating with said flexible joint and a second end from which air flows in to the article to be dried.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.