US1966970A

US1966970A - Garment drying support

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Publication number: US1966970A
Application number: US707741A
Authority: US
Inventors: Riordon Nellie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-01-22
Filing date: 1934-01-22
Publication date: 1934-07-17
Anticipated expiration: 1951-07-17

Description

July 17,1934. RlORDON 1,966,970

GARMENT DRYING SUPPORT Filed Jan. 22, 1954 FIE l INVENTOR.

Ayn ATTORNEY.

Patented July 17, 1934 STATES PTENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention has reference to a garment drying support, and is designed for use in connection with a steam or hot water radiator of a common pattern. It consists of a frame of simple form, provided with a pair of spaced bars or rods, one of which rests on the radiator coils at one side of the radiator, and the other of which is supported in close proximity to said coils, for the convenient support of smaller articles of wearing apparel, such as hosiery, handkerchiefs, and the like. It is of special advantage for use by transients in hotel rooms, people living in apartments, and others in limited quarters, who desire to wash out and dry the small articles mentioned in their rooms. At the present time it is customary to dry such articles by hanging them on pieces of furniture or on a small line strung up in the room, but these methods are unsatisfactory, and the articles are usually suspended at some distance from the heating apparatus, so that the drying process is slow.

The present invention provides a convenient means for supporting the garments in a position where they will dry quickly, and where they will not be an obstruction during the drying process. The device is also of a suitable size and shape for carrying in a trunk or other article of baggage, and it can be made in a collapsible form for such purpose.

There is set forth in the drawing herein a simple and preferred form of the invention, in which obvious changes in size and form can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is also possible for it to be used I in connection with heating appliances other than those shown herein. In said drawing;

Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a heat radiator, with the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 shows one form of the invention, detached.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modified form of the device.

The first two figures of the drawing show a heat radiator, such as are used in connection with hot water or steam heating plants, consistcf 2. series of coils or sections 5, held in spaced relation. with each other by cylindrical sections 6. Supported on said coils is a frame formed of a pair of spaced rods or bars '7 and 8, united at their ends by pieces 9. The rod 7 is provided at a central point with a hook 10, suitable for engagement with one of the connections 6, and adapted to hold the frame in position, with the rod 7 supported on the coils and the rod 8 held outwardly therefrom, as shown in said figures 1 and 2. In this position the rod 8 furnishes a convenient support for small articles that have been washed out by hand, and when in place on said rod the articles are suspended near the radiator, at one side thereof, and in a position to be dried quickly by the heat coming from the coils.

The frame can be formed of a single piece of wire of suitable size and strength, with one of the ends of the wire coiled on the other end near the hook 10, as shown at 11. The frame is of convenient size to hold several small articles of clothing at the same time, and it is also of a size and shape convenient for storage in a trunk or other piece of baggage. To render it more fitted to this use the frame may be formed of a pair of telescopic sections, as shown in Fig. 4. In this figure one section 12 is provided with

parallel rods

13 and 14, slidably held in the

tubular rods

15 and 16 of a frame section 17. By this means the length of the frame can be varied at will. In this arrangement each of the frame sections is provided with a hook 18, connected with sleeves 19 on the

rods

13 and 15. Said sleeves can be rigidly attached to the frame pieces, or held loosely thereon, as desired, and if they are loosely connected therewith the hooks can be folded against the frame when not in use. The frame sections can also be completely telescoped, for packing the device in a suit-case or other receptacle, or if desired the sections can be entirely separated, and packed one upon the other. The hook 10 can also have a hinge connection with the rod 7, permitting it to be folded against the frame for storage purposes.

As before stated, the invention is of simple form, requires a small amount of material in its construction, and can be produced at a minimum of cost. When it is produced of suitable material it will be practically indestructible in the use for which it is designed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A clothes drying frame, adapted for support on a heat radiator having a series of vertical coils, and connections between the coils, consisting of a single piece of rod, formed into a pair of parallel spaced side bars and connecting end pieces, the ends of the rod being intercoiled at one side of the frame and formed into a hook for engagement with one of the radiator connections, with the bar containing said hook resting on the tops of said coils and the other bar spaced outwardly therefrom.

NELLIE RIORDON.