Rotating laundry storage
OwnerRobert Gruennert, Lance Messmerinventors
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Abstract
A revolveable laundry hamper for individually storing laundry in a plurality of chambers into which garments and items requiring laundering can be separated according to wash cycle required. The laundry hamper consists of a box-like structure having four side doors with fasteners on each door and the underside of the structure to hold a laundry bag open. The entire structure is mounted on a turntable to be rotated to select the appropriate laundry bag for the item to be washed.
Claims4
A revolveable laundry hamper for individually storing laundry in a plurality of chambers into which garments and items requiring laundering can be separated according to wash cycle required, said hamper comprising:
- a box-like structure having a frame, a top side, four sides, and a bottom side, each of said four sides, having an opening formed therein,
- a door, comprising a first end, second end, and two side ends, hingedly fastened at the first end to each of said openings in said frame near said bottom side, said door having a first end of a bracket rotatably fastened to an inside surface at each of the two side ends of said door, and having a second end of each bracket rotatably fastened to said frame, said door opening in a downward motion,
- first fastening means being attached on said inside surface, near a second end of said door,
- second fastening means being attached to the underside of said top side, said
- a drawer knob being attached near a second end of said door on the outer surface of said door,
- magnetic fastening means attached on said inner surface, near a second end of said door,
- magnetic fastening means attached to the underside of said top side, said fastening means mating and holding said doors in a closed position,
- a laundry bag being inserted through each of said openings, said laundry bag being removably fastened at a first end to said first fastening means attached on said inner surface of said door, and said laundry bag being fastened at a second end to said second fastening means attached to the underside of said top side, and
- a turntable being attached to said bottom side of said box-like structure, thereby providing a turning base to access each of said laundry bags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.