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US 5,332,109 AGranted
Wet clothes hanging device
OwnerSandra C. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A clothes hanging device for use in conjunction with a laundry tub for drip-drying wet clothing. The device is structured for connection onto a wall and, when properly positioned on the wall in suitable proximity to the laundry tub, serves to direct water dripped from wet clothes hung from either a hanging rod or laid atop a clothes screen into the laundry tub.
Claims5
A wet clothes hanging device for drip-drying wet clothes and for directing water drippage from the wet clothes into a laundry tub comprising:
- an upright splash panel connectable to a wall adjacent the laundry tub;
- said splash panel including forwardly extending side panels and a lower forwardly extending drip deflector panel;
- a hanging rod connected to and horizontally extending in a forwardly direction from an upper point of said splash panel, said hanging rod structured to supportively receive wet clothing, as on a clothes hanger, hung therefrom;
- said drip deflector panel being positioned immediately adjacent and just above a rim of the laundry tub directing water dripped from the wet clothing into the laundry tub;
- said side panels preventing the water dripped from the wet clothing from splashing or running onto the wall.
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A wet clothes hanging device connectable to a wall comprising:
- a rigid molded splash panel having a generally flat rectangular central portion and generally orthogonal side panels along and forwardly extending from each upright edge of said central portion;
- said splash panel also having a drip deflector panel extending forwardly from a lower edge of said central portion and extending horizontally between a lower end of each said side panel;
- a generally L-shaped hanging rod having an upright leg pivotally connected to an upper panel of said central portion and a generally horizontal leg extending from said pivotal connection;
- said hanging rod and said drip deflector panel being cooperatively structured, when said splash panel is connected onto the wall directly adjacent to a laundry tub and the laundry tub is also positioned adjacent the wall directly beneath said splash panel, to direct water dripped from a wet article of clothing hung from said horizontal leg into the laundry tub.
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