EP0432110A2 - Folding clothes horse - Google Patents

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EP0432110A2
EP0432110A2 EP90830548A EP90830548A EP0432110A2 EP 0432110 A2 EP0432110 A2 EP 0432110A2 EP 90830548 A EP90830548 A EP 90830548A EP 90830548 A EP90830548 A EP 90830548A EP 0432110 A2 EP0432110 A2 EP 0432110A2
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Giovanni Pietro Carenini
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
    • D06F57/08—Folding stands

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  • the present invention relates to folding type clothes horses and in particular to the pieces fitted to a pair of supporting legs so as to secure the position of the clothes horse during use.
  • the invention is especially applied to clothes horses, with or without extensions, which have two pairs of crossed and hinged legs, where one pair of legs is hinged and is therefore constrained on the upper part at an end of a hanging grid, whereas the second pair or legs is designed to be engaged at the top and to support the other end of said grid when the legs are spread and to disengage itself when closing the clothes horse.
  • each leg which is designed to engage with the hanging grid, there is a bush with a clevised head which forms a U-shaped slot to hold a crosspiece of the hanging grid frame.
  • the slot is opened in an oblique direction with respect to the bush centre line and therefore to the leg to which it is fitted. This does not prevent possibilities of an accidental release of the hanging grid in case of knocks on the legs of the clothes horse or against the hanging grid itself.
  • the present invention aims to get round this inconvenience by fitting a cap, with a U-shaped slot aligned on the bush centre line and therefore on the legs, to each leg designed to be separately engaged with the grid. This setup avoids accidental releases of the grid from said legs once they have been engaged.
  • the clothes horse comprises: a frame (10) made up of two pairs of legs (11, 12); a main hanging grid (13); and two extension grids (14).
  • Each pair of legs (11, 12) is connected by a cross piece (11′, 12′) which rests on the ground.
  • the two pairs of legs are crossed and hinged (15) to each other.
  • the first pair (11) is hinged (16) at the top sides of the main hanging grid (13), towards one of its end.
  • One of the extention grids is also hinged to the pivot (16) whilst the other is hinged (17) to the main grid towards the opposite end.
  • the second pair of legs (12) is not fixed at the top, both legs having a cap (18) with a clevised head (19) which forms a U-shaped slot (20) with an opening aligned with the centre line of the bush itself.
  • clevised heads (19) are engaged to the cross piece (13′) at the end of the grid (13) opposite to the one which is hinged to the first pair of legs (11) when the clothes horse is in an open position (fig. 1).
  • the cross piece (13′) can be snapped into the slots (20) of the clevised heads, but still remaining movable so as to allow for the folding of the clothes horse after its use and also for its repositioning.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a folding clothes horse comprising two pairs of legs (11,12) which are crossed and hinged to each other and where the top of the legs (12) is fitted with a cap (18) which forms a U-shaped slot (20) designed to support and separately engage a cross piece (13′) of the grid on the opposite end to the other pair of legs (11).

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  • The present invention relates to folding type clothes horses and in particular to the pieces fitted to a pair of supporting legs so as to secure the position of the clothes horse during use.
  • The invention is especially applied to clothes horses, with or without extensions, which have two pairs of crossed and hinged legs, where one pair of legs is hinged and is therefore constrained on the upper part at an end of a hanging grid, whereas the second pair or legs is designed to be engaged at the top and to support the other end of said grid when the legs are spread and to disengage itself when closing the clothes horse.
  • In accordance with a known embodiment, at the top of each leg which is designed to engage with the hanging grid, there is a bush with a clevised head which forms a U-shaped slot to hold a crosspiece of the hanging grid frame. The slot is opened in an oblique direction with respect to the bush centre line and therefore to the leg to which it is fitted. This does not prevent possibilities of an accidental release of the hanging grid in case of knocks on the legs of the clothes horse or against the hanging grid itself.
  • The present invention aims to get round this inconvenience by fitting a cap, with a U-shaped slot aligned on the bush centre line and therefore on the legs, to each leg designed to be separately engaged with the grid. This setup avoids accidental releases of the grid from said legs once they have been engaged.
  • In accordance with the present invention the clothes horse substantially conforms to claim 1, and it will be described in more detail with references being made to the attached drawing in which:
    • Figure 1 is an open positioned clothes horses;
    • Figure 2 is a detailed view of a portion of a leg with respect to the hanging grid; and
    • Figure 3 is a section view of leg and grid coupling through the use of a cap.
  • The clothes horse comprises: a frame (10) made up of two pairs of legs (11, 12); a main hanging grid (13); and two extension grids (14). Each pair of legs (11, 12) is connected by a cross piece (11′, 12′) which rests on the ground. The two pairs of legs are crossed and hinged (15) to each other. The first pair (11) is hinged (16) at the top sides of the main hanging grid (13), towards one of its end. One of the extention grids is also hinged to the pivot (16) whilst the other is hinged (17) to the main grid towards the opposite end.
  • The second pair of legs (12) is not fixed at the top, both legs having a cap (18) with a clevised head (19) which forms a U-shaped slot (20) with an opening aligned with the centre line of the bush itself. There are two projecting parts (21) on the opposite sides of the slot (20) which reduce the size of the opening.
  • In practice, clevised heads (19) are engaged to the cross piece (13′) at the end of the grid (13) opposite to the one which is hinged to the first pair of legs (11) when the clothes horse is in an open position (fig. 1).
  • In fact, as shown in detail in fig. 3 of the drawing, the cross piece (13′) can be snapped into the slots (20) of the clevised heads, but still remaining movable so as to allow for the folding of the clothes horse after its use and also for its repositioning.

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  1. A folding clothes horse comprising two pairs of legs (11, 12) which are crossed and hinged to each other, and wherein a first pair of legs (11) is hinged and therefore constrained at the top to an end of a hanging grid (13) which may have extensions, whereas the second pair of legs (12) is designed to be engaged at the top and to support the other end of said grid (13) when the legs are spread and be released for the closing of the clothes horse, characterized in that a cap (18) with a clevised head (19) is fitted at the top of the second pair of legs (12) which forms a U-shaped slot (20) designed to support and separately engage a cross piece (13′) of said grid on the opposite end to the one hinged to the first pair of legs (11), the opening of said U-shaped slot (20) being aligned on the centre line of the cap (18) on the legs to which this is fitted.
  2. A clothes horse according to claim 1, characterized in that there are projecting parts (21) on the opposite sides of the U-shaped slot (20) designed to hold the cross piece (13′) in the slot itself.
EP19900830548 1989-12-07 1990-11-22 Folding clothes horse Withdrawn EP0432110A3 (en)

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IT712589U 1989-12-07
IT00712589U IT222225Z2 (en) 1989-12-07 1989-12-07 CLOTHES STAND WITH FOLDABLE STAND.

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Cited By (5)

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EP0611030A1 (en) * 1993-02-05 1994-08-17 Beldray Limited Airers
WO1998009014A1 (en) * 1996-08-31 1998-03-05 Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh Gmbh & Co. Kg Laundry drier
EP1068822A1 (en) * 1999-07-16 2001-01-17 Narvik S.r.l. Multi-Purpose domestic apparatus for use as a child changing table, clothes dryer or bath
GR20060100665A (en) * 2006-12-05 2008-07-31 Ευαγγελος Αντωνιου Συλιβος Promptly assembled clothes-horse by plastic connectors with sleeves of rotating connection of the metal pipes.
KR200469090Y1 (en) 2009-04-03 2013-09-17 이영철 folding stand for laundry

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BE410013A (en) *
DE2430083A1 (en) * 1974-06-22 1976-01-08 Muenkel Kg Karl Collapsible clothes drier - allowing folding and unfolding with one hand while maintaining body erect
DE7737877U1 (en) * 1977-12-12 1978-06-22 Heinrich Struewer Metallwarenfabrik, 4760 Werl Foldable laundry rack

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
BE410013A (en) *
DE2430083A1 (en) * 1974-06-22 1976-01-08 Muenkel Kg Karl Collapsible clothes drier - allowing folding and unfolding with one hand while maintaining body erect
DE7737877U1 (en) * 1977-12-12 1978-06-22 Heinrich Struewer Metallwarenfabrik, 4760 Werl Foldable laundry rack

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0611030A1 (en) * 1993-02-05 1994-08-17 Beldray Limited Airers
WO1998009014A1 (en) * 1996-08-31 1998-03-05 Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh Gmbh & Co. Kg Laundry drier
EP1068822A1 (en) * 1999-07-16 2001-01-17 Narvik S.r.l. Multi-Purpose domestic apparatus for use as a child changing table, clothes dryer or bath
GR20060100665A (en) * 2006-12-05 2008-07-31 Ευαγγελος Αντωνιου Συλιβος Promptly assembled clothes-horse by plastic connectors with sleeves of rotating connection of the metal pipes.
KR200469090Y1 (en) 2009-04-03 2013-09-17 이영철 folding stand for laundry

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