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US 9,109,316 B1Granted
Portable washing apparatus
OwnerJohn William Thomsoninventor
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to the field of fabric (i.e. clothes) washing apparatus which are portable, and operable without a running source of water, and without a power source. The washing apparatus operates with a volume of liquid cleaner (water) and manual manipulation of a handle. The apparatus may also be dis-assembled by a user without tools for shipping or storage in a much smaller space.
Claims16
A portable washing apparatus for the washing of fabrics, the washing apparatus comprising:
- a. a base member configured to fit within a watertight container;
- b. a frame extending vertically from and removably attached to the base member;
- c. a cross support extending horizontally across the frame and removably attached thereto;
- d. an agitator having a lower end attached to the base member so as to freely rotate thereupon;
- e. the agitator having an upper end attached to the cross support so as to freely rotate there under;
- f. a driving portion having a user-engagement handle, a shaft, and an agitator engagement portion;
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- g. a system of detents and grooves whereupon oscillating vertical movement of the driving portion by the user is translated to rotary movement of the agitator.
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A portable washing apparatus for the washing of fabrics, the washing apparatus comprising:
- a. a bottom plate configured to fit external of a watertight container;
- b. a base member configured to fit within the watertight container;
- c. a frame extending vertically from and removably attached to the bottom plate;
- d. a cross support extending horizontally across the frame and removably attached thereto;
- e. an agitator having a lower end attached to the base member so as to freely rotate thereupon;
- f. the agitator having an upper end attached to the cross support so as to freely rotate there under;
- g. a driving portion having a user-engagement handle, a shaft, and an agitator engagement portion;
- and
- h. a system of detents and grooves whereupon oscillating vertical movement of the driving portion by the user is translated to rotary movement of the agitator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.