Pole-mounted garment hanger air dryer
View Patent ↗A garment hanger air dryer used to quickly and evenly dry simultaneously multiple garments. The dryer includes an upper garment support structure used to hang multiple wet garments. The support structure includes an upper shoulder component and a lower horizontal support rod suspended therefrom. Extending upward from the upper shoulder component is a hot air blower assembly used to deliver hot air into and around multiple garments hung from the upper shoulder component and support rod. In one embodiment, the support structure is selectively attached to the upper end of a height adjustable support pole. The blower assembly may include a hook that allows it to be hung from an upper hook or support bar. During operation, a garment is hung around the upper shoulder component and a pair of pants may be hung from the support rod. Hot air is forced downward and under the upper shoulder component and circulated.
1. A pole-mounted, garment hanger air dryer apparatus for quickly and simultaneously drying multiple garments, comprising:
a. a hanger-like upper shoulder component that includes two shoulder extensions, a center platform formed therebetween, and a center axis, formed on said center platform is a center opening and extending downward from said upper shoulder component is a circular hub coaxially aligned with said center axis, said hub disposed inside said center opening and configured to allow air flowing downward through said center opening to flow through said center opening and around said hub and into a space under said upper shoulder component and flow against garments in the space, each said shoulder extension includes a plurality of vent openings that allow air to flow upward from the space under said shoulder extension and contact a section of garment hung over said shoulder extension;
b. with a horizontal support rod located below and parallel with said upper shoulder component, said support rod coupled to said upper shoulder component and offset from said hub;
c. a height adjustable, self-supporting support pole attached to said hub on said upper shoulder component; and,
d. a hot air source and blower assembly mounted over said upper shoulder component and aligned over said center opening, said hot air source forces hot air through said center opening and around said hub and said support pole into a space located under the upper shoulder component, whereby when a garment is hung over said upper shoulder component or hung from said support rod, hot air delivered through said center opening flows evenly over the garments and dries them.
2. The pole-mounted, garment hanger air dryer, as recited in claim 1 , further including a hook attached to said hot air source and blower assembly enabling said apparatus to be hung from a hook or rod.
3. The pole-mounted, garment hanger air dryer, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said support pole is telescopic.
4. The pole-mounted, garment hanger air dryer, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said upper shoulder component is made of PVC.