Rotating Clothes Drying Rack
a clothes drying rack and rotating technology, applied in the field of clothes drying racks, can solve the problems of no patents found for clothes drying racks mounted to vertical walls or suspended from overhead structures, and achieve the effect of quick drying
Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-19
HOGAN MILES D
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The rotating clothes drying rack described above provides an aesthetic wall or ceiling mounted apparatus which rotates from a vertical storage position to a lower in use position. This enables the drying rack to be stored in a space saving manner when not in use and to be towered to a position more convenient for hanging articles when in use.
According to another aspect of the rotating clothes drying rack, height adjusting members are provided for selectively positioning between the arms and the rotational stops to change the angle of the body in the drying position. In the illustrated embodiment, the angle the drying rack lies at is determined by stopping pegs and may be modified using height adjusting shim blocks which increase the horizontal distance between hanging articles thereby causing them to more quickly dry.
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Although these drying racks have achieved considerable popularity and commercial success no patents were found relating to clothes drying racks mounted to a vertical wall or suspended from an overhead structure such as a ceiling or soffit which rotate or fold from a storage position to a lower drying position in use.
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A rotating clothes drying rack generally identified by reference numeral 10, will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 12. FIGS. 1 through 7 illustrate clothes drying rack 10 mounted to an overhead structure, such as a ceiling. FIGS. 8 through 12 illustrate clothes drying rack 10 mounted to a vertical structure, such as a wall.
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Referring to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a rotating clothes drying rack 10 which includes a body 12 with two opposed arms 14. A drying support 16 is supported by two opposed arms 14. In the illustrated embodiment, drying support 16 is a plurality of clothing supports, in the form of drying rods 18, that extend between two opposed arms 14. Referring to FIG. 1, a mounting frame 22 is provided for securing body 12 to a desired surface 24 as shown in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 3, body 12 is pivotally mounted to mounting frame 22 for rotational movement around a horizontal axis 26 between a storage position parallel...
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A rotating clothes drying rack that has a body with two opposed arms. The two opposed arms support a drying support. In the illustrated embodiment, the drying support is a plurality of rods that extend between the two opposed arms. A mounting frame is provided for securing body to desired surface. Body is pivotally mounted to the mounting frame for rotational movement around a horizontal axis between a storage position parallel to the mounting frame and a drying position at an angle relative to the mounting frame. Locking members are provided for locking the body in the stored position. Rotational stops are provided for maintaining the body in drying position. Height adjusting members are provided for selectively positioning between the at least one arm and the at least one rotational stop to adjust the angle of the body in the drying position.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONThis application claims the benefit of Canadian Pat. Appl. No. 2,684,706 filed on Nov. 13, 2009, the contents of which are incorporated herein fully by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates generally to clothes drying racks and more particularly to those of the rotating or foldable type adapted to be mounted to a vertical wall or suspended from an overhead structure such as a ceiling. The term “clothes drying rack” is understood not to be limited to an arrangement only for use with clothes but is intended to cover its use with other articles such as towels, sheets or any articles, which can be hung or secured to it.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONClothes drying racks have long been known and widely used. Historically such drying racks have largely consisted of umbrella or rotary style racks (Steiner, CA 1331836), collapsible drying racks standing on a horizontal surface (Efrom, CA 1241302), retractable ceiling mounted drying racks ut...
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CPCD06F57/12
Inventor HOGAN, MILES D.
Owner HOGAN MILES D