Garment folding apparatus
OwnerHarold Breierinventor
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Abstract
A garment folding apparatus includes a planar center panel having a length and a width, the width being less than the length. The center panel is configured to fold in a lengthwise direction. The apparatus further includes a planar left side panel joined by a hinge to the center panel. The apparatus further includes a planar right side panel joined by a hinge to the center panel on a side opposite to the left side panel. The left side panel and the right side panel each comprise raised handle portions on an outer edge thereof. When the left side panel and the right side panel are folded onto the center panel, the handle portions fit into corresponding notches formed in side edges of the second portion of the center panel and corresponding notches formed in inner side edges of the left side panel and the right side panel.
Claims11
A garment folding apparatus having an arrangement of panels connected by hinges for receiving, across a surface of the panels, an article of clothing to be folded, the apparatus comprising:
- a planar center panel having a width which is less than a length of the center panel, the center panel being formed of a first portion and a second portion joined by a first hinge configured to fold the center panel in a lengthwise direction;
- a planar first side panel having a width which is less than a length of the first side panel, the first side panel being joined along an inner edge thereof to the first portion of the center panel by a second hinge, the first side panel being positioned so that a lengthwise direction thereof is parallel to the lengthwise direction of the center panel, the first side panel comprising a raised handle portion on an outer edge thereof;
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- a planar second side panel having a width which is less than a length of the second side panel, the second side panel being joined along an inner edge thereof to the first portion of the center panel by a third hinge, the second side panel being positioned so that a lengthwise direction thereof is parallel to the lengthwise direction of the center panel, the second side panel comprising a raised handle portion on an outer edge thereof,
- wherein the first and second side panels comprise a plurality of apertures formed therein to allow air to pass through as the first and second side panels are moved from a folded position to an unfolded position, and
- a surface area occupied by the plurality of apertures is between about 3% and about 13% of a total surface area of the first and second side panels.
A garment folding apparatus having an arrangement of panels connected by hinges for receiving, across a surface of the panels, an article of clothing to be folded, the apparatus comprising:
- a planar center panel having a width which is less than a length of the center panel, the center panel being formed of a first portion and a second portion joined by a first hinge configured to fold the center panel in a lengthwise direction;
- a planar first side panel having a width which is less than a length of the first side panel, the first side panel being joined along an inner edge thereof to the first portion of the center panel by a second hinge, the first side panel being positioned so that a lengthwise direction thereof is parallel to the lengthwise direction of the center panel, the first side panel comprising a raised handle portion on an outer edge thereof;
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- a planar second side panel having a width which is less than a length of the second side panel, the second side panel being joined along an inner edge thereof to the first portion of the center panel by a third hinge, the second side panel being positioned so that a lengthwise direction thereof is parallel to the lengthwise direction of the center panel, the second side panel comprising a raised handle portion on an outer edge thereof,
- wherein the top portion of the center panel comprises a gripping element positioned in a depression formed in the center panel and which extends from the back of the center panel to elevate the center panel from a working surface and prevent slippage of the apparatus during use.
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