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US 6,922,911 B2Granted
Clothe drying apparatus
OwnerPeter Ar-Fu Laminventor
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Abstract
A garment drying apparatus (200) is disclosed having a frame (201), a porous net 204, slip proof pads (205,206), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; the frame (201) rests at an acute angle from the floor to provide iron free drying effect.
Claims39
A cloth drying apparatus comprising:
- a variable size flexible frame structured to provide an expanded size drying mode and a reduced size storage mode said frame has a top portion, a bottom portion, and a top side;
- said frame is also structured to rest at an acute angle from a supporting surface during said expanded size drying mode wherein the top one third region and the bottom one third region of said frame in this position are defined as the upper portion and the bottom portion respectively;
- at least one receiving means located proximate to the upper portion of said frame to receive a garment hanger supporting a seperate garment to be dried;
- a porous sheet structured to be stretched by said frame in said expanded size drying mode for further supporting said garment;
- said frame is further structured to release said porous sheet from the stretched condition of said expanded size drying mode when said cloth drying apparatus is converted into said reduced size storage mode;
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- supporting structure comprising at least one beam extending from the upper portion of said frame to support said expanded size drying mode.
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A retail package configured for forming a cloth drying apparatus includes:
- a variable size frame structured to provide an expanded size drying mode and a reduced size storage mode said frame has a top portion, and a bottom portion;
- said frame is also structured to rest at an acute angle from a supporting surface during said expanded size drying mode wherein the top one third region and the bottom one third region of said frame in this position are defined as the upper portion and the bottom portion respectively;
- said frame further provides at least one receiving means located at the upper portion of said frame to receive a seperate garment hanger supporting a garment to be dried;
- a porous sheet structured to be stretched by said frame in said expanded size drying mode;
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- supporting means comprising at least one beam extending from the upper portion of said frame to support said frame during said expanded size drying mode.
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A cloth drying apparatus comprising:
- a variable size frame structured to provide an expanded size drying mode and a reduced size storage mode;
- said frame is also structured to stand at an acute angle from a supporting surface during said expanded size drying mode;
- a porous sheet structured to be stretched by said frame for providing said expanded size drying mode;
- said sheet is also configured to be wrapped with said frame or folded to provide said reduced size storage mode;
- at least one receiving means located at the upper portion of said frame to receive a seperate garment hanger supporting a garment to be dried;
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- slip prevention means located at the bottom rim of said frame.
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A cloth drying apparatus comprising:
- a frame structured to stand at an acute angle from a supporting surface;
- at least one receiving means located at the upper portion of said frame to receive a seperate garment hanger supporting a garment to be dried and
- drying means comprising at least one of the following drying structures for providing a drying mode:
- (1) a heat source structured for heating said frame or a garment supported on said frame;
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- (2) force air ventilation means for forcing air movement around said frame or a garment supported on said frame.
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A cloth drying apparatus comprising:
- a first frame comprising first receiving means extending from the upper rim of said first frame to receive a first garment hanger supporting a first garment to be dried;
- a second frame positioned in a position approximately parallel from said first frame;
- said second frame comprises second receiving means extending from the upper rim of said second frame to receive a second garment hanger supporting a second garment to be dried wherein each of said frames comprises a porous sheet dimensioned for further supporting said first and second garments.
A cloth drying apparatus comprising:
- a frame structured to stand at an acute angle from a supporting surface;
- at least one receiving means located at the upper portion of said frame to receive a seperate garment hanger supporting a garment to be dried and
- water collection means positioned for collecting water flowing down from said frame.
A method to clean and dry a garment comprising the steps of:
- 1. providing a frame having at least one receiving means located at the upper portion of said frame for attaching said frame with a garment hanger;
- said frame is further provided a porous sheet filling the central portion of said frame;
- 2. providing structural means to support the frame of step 1 to rest at an acute angle from a supporting surface;
- 3. washing a garment and arranging said washed garment on a garment hanger while said garment is wet;
- 4. engaging the garment hanger of step 3 with the receiving means of step 1;
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- 5. arranging the wet garment to smoothly layout on the porous sheet of said frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.