Drying stand for ski boots, gloves and the like

A drying stand for ski boots, gloves and other clothing items comprising:

• a generally planar, horizontally-disposed top wall having an opening formed therethrough dimensioned to accommodate a hair blow nozzle;
• means for supporting said top wall spaced in a raised position relative to a ground support so as to be able to position a clothing article beneath said opening in said top wall;
• and
• variable-adjustable aperture means mounted adjacent said opening through which said nozzle may extend and be generally supported in an upright manner, said aperture means automatically adjusting to the diameter of the nozzle to provide proper support therefor and wherein said aperture means comprises a resilient, generally planar gasket having a generally centrally-disposed multi-slit opening, which gasket is mounted underneath said top wall such that said top wall and gasket openings are generally vertically aligned, said multi-slit opening of said gasket defining a plurality of resilient, radially inwardly-extending fingers which are normally disposed in a closed position in which they lie in the plane of said gasket, but which, in an open position, are biased downwardly, wherein a hair blower nozzle is inserted into said opening.