Foldable clothes warmer
AssigneeSincere International Trading Co. Ltd.
InventorWing Yiu Lam
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Abstract
A joint device for providing hinged movement between a first and second arm member and for providing independent delivery of electrical power to the arm members, wherein said device includes a central portion for receiving at least two sets of electrical conductors and for delivering said at least one set of electrical conductors to each of said arm members, characterised in that upon hinged movement of the arm members about the central portion, the central portion maintains the conductors in a spaced apart relationship in a manner such that the structural integrity of said conductors is maintained for a predetermined minimum number of hinged movement cycles of said arm members.
Claims13
A foldable frame for warming of clothes, said frame comprising:
- a first arm assembly including a pair generally elongate first arm members being maintained in a parallel spaced apart relationship by a plurality of elongate clothes hanging members extending therebetween;
- a second arm assembly including a pair generally elongate second arm members being maintained in a parallel spaced apart relationship by a plurality of elongate clothes hanging members extending therebetween;
- a first joint device and a second joint device disposed between adjacent ends of the first and second arm members respectively in a manner so as to provide relative hinged movement between the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly;
- wherein at least one joint device comprises a first boss member having a passage extending therethrough, said first boss member being fixed relative to an adjacent first arm member;
- a second boss member having a passage extending therethrough, the passage of the first boss member being coaxially aligned with that of the second boss member, said second boss member being fixed relative to an adjacent second arm member;
- a central pivot member including a spigot portion adapted to extend at least partly through the central passages of the boss members to allow relative hinged movement between the first arm member and the second arm member;
- a central passage for receiving a first electrical conductor for delivery of electrical power to the first arm assembly via the adjacent first arm member for supplying power to a heating element associated with the elongate clothes hanging members, and for receiving a second electrical conductor for delivery of electrical power to the second arm assembly via the adjacent second arm member for supplying power to a heating element associated with the second arm member;
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- a separation portion for maintaining the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor in a spaced apart relationship upon relative hinged movement between the first arm member and the second arm member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.