US20190274440A1 - Device for airing out blankets and the like - Google Patents

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US20190274440A1
US20190274440A1 US16/348,880 US201716348880A US2019274440A1 US 20190274440 A1 US20190274440 A1 US 20190274440A1 US 201716348880 A US201716348880 A US 201716348880A US 2019274440 A1 US2019274440 A1 US 2019274440A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C21/00—Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
    • A47C21/02—Holders for loose bed elements, e.g. sheet holders; bed cover holders
    • A47C21/022—Sheet holders; Bed cover holders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C21/00—Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
    • A47C21/02—Holders for loose bed elements, e.g. sheet holders; bed cover holders
    • A47C21/028—Holders for facilitating making the bed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C21/00—Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
    • A47C21/04—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating
    • A47C21/042—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating for ventilating or cooling
    • A47C21/046—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating for ventilating or cooling without active means, e.g. with openings or heat conductors
    • 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 
    • D06F57/12—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  specially adapted for attachment to walls, ceilings, stoves, or other structures or objects

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  • the invention relates to a device for airing out blankets and the like.
  • a multitude of blanket stands are known in AT 004 115 U1 which discloses a device for airing out a blanket.
  • the device as disclosed in AT 004 115 U1 comprises a pantograph or telescopic-rod structure which is deployed and locked by means of spring-loaded pins.
  • the structure as disclosed in AT 004 115 U1 has large space requirements and is not stable after assembly.
  • US 2007126317 A1 discloses a support device for clothes and the like.
  • This device consists of a rectangular structure composed of rods for fixation of clothes or the like.
  • the structure takes up a large space and its individual parts must be assembled each time to form the structure.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 2,340,540 discloses a collapsible structure for clothes. This structure is designed in case of need in providing a wardrobe. The disclosed structure is collapsible and forms a portable case. The collapsed structure has a great thickness due to the juxtaposition of its supporting members.
  • the present invention has the object of providing a compact device that has a compact and stable structure and can be easily and quickly assembled.
  • tubular profiles in the following description and claims is intended to designate any hollow profile, particularly hollow tubular profiles.
  • the device of the invention comprises a crosspiece that is designed to be connected to a bed structure having at least two adjoining tubular profiles connected thereto by one end, and pivoting about an axis parallel to the crosspiece, and a spring element being placed in each tubular profile.
  • This spring element for a respective first tubular profile extends through a second tubular profile connected to a support surface for a blanket or the like, and pivots about an axis perpendicular to the support surface, the second tubular profile being in side-by-side relationship and at least one element is placed on the first or second tubular profiles for fastening the first tubular profile to the second.
  • This element is a seat which is connected to a first tubular profile and receives its respective second tubular profile therein.
  • the device so obtained is easily foldable. Furthermore, a sturdy structure is obtained in the deployed position.
  • the structure/stand is spring-loaded by means of the spring element which preferably consists of a spring strap.
  • An additional element or the end portion of a tubular profile forms a seat for receiving the tubular profile connected by means of the spring element.
  • This seat may consist of an element that is rigidly fixed to the end of one of the tubular profiles or the end of the tubular profile having a greater diameter, and is designed to receive the tubular profile connected by means of the spring element.
  • the device of the invention may be fixed to the bed by means of screws that fasten the crosspiece of the device of the invention to the bed frame. Fixation may be provided through a number of different known fixed or removable mounting arrangements.
  • the device of the invention Once the device of the invention has been fixed to the bed, it can be used immediately.
  • the blanket supporting surface or grip means attached thereto are held.
  • the blanket supporting surface is vertically spaced apart from the crosspiece of the inventive device.
  • the profile in the seat is pulled out.
  • the spring element in the tubular profiles is loaded again.
  • the first tubular profiles and the second tubular profiles are placed in adjacent positions.
  • two side walls may be connected to the crosspiece and/or the support surface. These walls may form a tubular profile receiving body in the closed position.
  • the entire device is very compact and may be easily transported and assembled.
  • the structure of the invention may be placed within the bed structure.
  • the bed structure has the function of a base.
  • a number of devices and/or elements may be provided, either individually or in combination, to increase the stability of the system of the invention.
  • abutment for the first tubular profiles.
  • these abutments may be used to ensure proper closing of the device of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a front view of a device of the invention in the closed position
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a device of the invention in the closed position
  • FIG. 3 shows a side view of the device of the invention in a partially open position
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a device of the invention in a partially open position
  • FIG. 5 shows a front view of a device of the invention in a partially open position
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a device of the invention in a partially open position
  • FIG. 7 shows a device of the invention mounted to a bed by means of an interposed structure
  • FIG. 8 shows a device of the invention mounted to a bed in another position and with a blanket resting thereon
  • FIG. 9 shows a side view of a device of the invention mounted to a bed with a blanket resting thereon
  • FIG. 10 shows a detail of a preferred embodiment with a stop lug
  • FIG. 11 shows a perspective view of a device of the invention according to a preferred embodiment in an open position.
  • Numeral 1 designates the airing device of the invention, which is designed to air out blankets 200 and the like.
  • the device comprises a crosspiece 2 .
  • the term crosspiece is intended to designate an element such as a plate made of metal, wood, plastic or the like. This plate that forms the crosspiece 2 is adapted to be connected to a bed structure 100 .
  • the connection may be provided by means of a number of screws or nails or bonding to the bed. These are examples of connection.
  • the connection may be provided directly with an interposed element, for example a metal corner element or the like.
  • At least two first tubular profiles 3 , 4 are connected by one end to the crosspiece 2 .
  • the term tubular profile 3 . 4 is intended to designate a body having a longitudinal extension with a central hole. These tubular profiles 3 , 4 are adapted to pivot about a first axis 5 perpendicular to the crosspiece 2 .
  • the orientation may be preferably limited to a maximum opening amplitude of about 90° relative to the crosspiece 2 by means of a stop 50 .
  • a lock member may be preferably provided, that locks the tubular profiles 3 , 4 in the deployed position.
  • a spring element 6 is placed in each first tubular profile 3 , 4 .
  • This spring element 6 is advantageously an elastic strap made of plastic, rubber or the like.
  • each first tubular profile 3 . 4 extends through at least one second tubular profile 7 . 8 and connects it with the first tubular profile 3 . 4 .
  • the second tubular profiles connected to a support surface 9 for a blanket or the like are adapted to pivot about a second axis 10 perpendicular to the support surface 9 .
  • At least one element 11 that forms a seat is provided on the first or second tubular profiles.
  • This seat may be an enlargement of one of the tubular profiles or an element that is rigidly fixed to the first tubular profiles 3 or the second tubular profiles 7 , 8 , for fastening the first tubular profiles 3 to the second tubular profiles 7 . 8 .
  • This element has an inner diameter that is greater than the tubular profile to be inserted therein.
  • Such fixation is obtained by displacement of the first tubular profile 3 , 4 or the second tubular profile 7 , 8 to insert it into the element 11 .
  • the two tubular profiles 3 , 4 , 7 , 9 are maintained in their position by means of the elastic strap, band or thread.
  • the elastic strap is pre-loaded before deployment of the device 1 of the invention. This will help the structure to assume its mounted form, in which it is adapted to air out a blanket 200 .
  • the crosspiece 2 and/or the support surface 9 for the blanket 200 are connected with two side walls 20 , 21 , 30 , 31 . In their closed position, these side walls form an assembly with the crosspiece 2 and the surface 9 for receiving the tubular profiles 3 , 4 , 7 , 8 .
  • the device in the undeployed form, the device is very compact and may be also quickly transported. This compact form is particularly obtained because the first tubular profiles 3 , 4 are laterally displaced. These and the second tubular profiles 7 , 8 are adjacent in the closed state. By this arrangement deployment becomes easier and quicker, because the lateral supports provided by the first tubular profile 3 and the second tubular profile do not interfere with each other during deployment and closing.
  • At least one stop member 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 may be provided to create an outward stop arrangement for the profile 3 , 4 , 7 and 8 .
  • This stop member is placed in the crosspiece 2 and/or the support 9 .
  • two stop members 50 , 51 are arranged in the airing device 1 .
  • the two stop members 50 , 51 at the ends of the crosspiece provide support to the tubular profiles 3 .
  • the stop surface of the stop member 50 , 51 has a smaller size than the height of the airing device 1 . This will allow the stop members 50 , 51 to be enclosed in the closed airing device for 1 by the side walls 20 , 21 , 30 , 31 .
  • stop members arranged in the crosspiece 2 are complementary to the widthwise displaced stop members 52 , 53 arranged in the support 9 .
  • the ends of the tubular profiles 3 , 4 are pivotally connected with the crosspiece 2 and the tubular profiles 7 are pivotally connected with the support 9 by means of blocks 55 .
  • the stop members 52 , 53 will form stops for the tubular profiles 7 , 8 .
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IT102016000120229A IT201600120229A1 (it) 2016-11-28 2016-11-28 dispositivo per l'areazione di coperte e simile
PCT/EP2017/080180 WO2018096026A1 (fr) 2016-11-28 2017-11-23 Dispositif de ventilation de couvertures et similaires

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JP (1) JP2020500573A (fr)
KR (1) KR20190090790A (fr)
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