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US 9,765,470 B1Granted
Clothes drying rack
OwnerMarie Dufresneinventor
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Abstract
The clothes drying rack is a collapsible rack adapted for use in drying apparel and textiles. The clothes drying rack has a reinforced top structure and bottom structure to support heavy loads. The top structure further comprises a plurality of clothes hooks to further enhance the capacity of the clothes drying rack. When not in use, the clothes drying rack can be collapsed into a smaller form factor for storage. The clothes drying rack comprises a top structure, a bottom structure, and a plurality of scissor structures.
Claims3
A garment hanger comprising:
- a top structure, a bottom structure;
- and a plurality of scissor structures;
- wherein the garment hanger is adapted for use in drying apparel and textiles;
- wherein the top structure and bottom structure are reinforced via the plurality of scissor structures in order to support loads thereon;
- wherein the garment hanger further comprises a plurality of clothes hooks;
- wherein the garment hanger is able to be collapsed;
- wherein the top structure, the bottom structure, and the plurality of scissor structures are assembled from a plurality of scissor bars, a plurality of end caps, a plurality of dowels, and a plurality of pivots;
- wherein the plurality of scissor structures further comprises a first scissor structure, a second structure scissor, and a third scissor structure;
- wherein each of the plurality of scissor bars is a strut;
- wherein the plurality of scissor bars further comprises a first scissor bar, a second scissor bar, a third scissor bar, a fourth scissor bar, a fifth scissor bar, a sixth scissor bar, a seventh scissor bar, an eighth scissor bar, a ninth scissor bar, a tenth scissor bar, an eleventh scissor bar, and a twelfth scissor bar;
- wherein each of the plurality of end caps is a strut;
- wherein the plurality of end caps further comprises a first end bar, a second end bar, a third end bar and a fourth end bar;
- wherein each of the plurality of dowels is a cylindrical bar;
- wherein the plurality of dowels further comprises a first dowel, a second dowel, a third dowel, a fourth dowel, a fifth dowel, a sixth dowel, a seventh dowel, an eighth dowel, a ninth dowel, a tenth dowel, an eleventh dowel, a twelfth dowel, and a thirteenth dowel;
- wherein each of the plurality of pivots comprises a drilled hole, a first grommet, and a second grommet;
- wherein the plurality of pivots further comprises a first pivot, a second pivot, a third pivot, a fourth pivot, a fifth pivot, a sixth pivot, a seventh pivot, an eighth pivot, a ninth pivot, a tenth pivot, an eleventh pivot, a twelfth pivot, a thirteenth pivot, a fourteenth pivot, a fifteenth pivot, a sixteenth pivot, a seventeenth pivot, an eighteenth pivot, a nineteenth pivot, a twentieth pivot, a twenty first pivot, a twenty second pivot, a twenty third pivot, a twenty fourth pivot, a twenty fifth pivot, a twenty sixth pivot, a twenty seventh pivot, a twenty eighth pivot, a twenty ninth pivot, a thirtieth pivot, a thirty first pivot, a thirty second pivot, a thirty third pivot, a thirty fourth pivot, a thirty fifth pivot, a thirty sixth pivot, a thirty seventh pivot, a thirty eighth pivot, a thirty ninth pivot, a fortieth pivot, a fourth first pivot, a forty second pivot, a forty third pivot, a forty fourth pivot, a forty fifth pivot, a forty sixth pivot, a forty seventh pivot and a forty eighth pivot;
- wherein the top structure is assembled from the first end cap, the second end cap, the first dowel, the second dowel, the third dowel, the fourth dowel, the first pivot, the second pivot, the third pivot, the fourth pivot, the fifth pivot, the sixth pivot, the seventh pivot, and the eighth pivot;
- wherein the top structure is assembled from the first end cap, the second end cap, the first dowel, the second dowel, the third dowel, the fourth dowel, the first pivot, the second pivot, the third pivot, the fourth pivot, the fifth pivot, the sixth pivot, the seventh pivot, and the eighth pivot;
- wherein the bottom structure is assembled from the third end cap, the fourth end cap, the tenth dowel, the eleventh dowel, the twelfth dowel, the thirteenth dowel, the twenty ninth pivot, the thirtieth pivot, the thirty first pivot, the thirty second pivot, the thirty third pivot, the thirty fourth pivot, the thirty fifth pivot and the thirty sixth pivot;
- wherein the first scissor structure is assembled from the first scissor bar, the second scissor bar, the third scissor bar, the fourth scissor bar, the fifth dowel, the sixth dowel, the ninth pivot, the tenth pivot, the eleventh pivot, the twelfth pivot, the thirteenth pivot, the fourteenth pivot, the fifteenth pivot and the sixteenth pivot;
- wherein the second scissor structure is assembled from the fifth scissor bar, sixth scissor bar, the seventh scissor bar, the eighth scissor bar, the seventh dowel, the eighth dowel, the seventeenth pivot, the eighteenth pivot, the nineteenth pivot, the twentieth pivot, the twenty first pivot, the twenty second pivot, the twenty third pivot, the twenty fourth pivot, the thirty seventh pivot, the thirty eighth pivot, the thirty ninth pivot and the fortieth pivot;
- wherein the third scissor structure is assembled from the ninth scissor bar, tenth scissor bar, the eleventh scissor bar, the twelfth scissor bar, the ninth dowel, the twenty fifth pivot, the twenty sixth pivot, the twenty seventh pivot, the twenty eighth pivot, the forty first pivot, the forty second pivot, the forty third pivot, the forty fourth pivot, the forty fifth pivot, the forty sixth pivot, the forty seventh pivot and the forty eighth pivot;
- wherein the plurality of clothes hooks comprises a first clothes hook, a second clothes hook, a third clothes hook, and a fourth clothes hook;
- wherein the first clothes hook and the second clothes hook are installed in the second end cap;
- wherein the third clothes hook and the fourth clothes hook are installed in the first end cap.
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