Apparatus for drying clothes
View Patent ↗An apparatus for drying clothes is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a container. The container comprises walls and a base. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of first poles placed vertically with respect to the container. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of second poles placed at an angle with respect to the plurality of first poles. Wet clothes are hanged at the plurality of second poles such that water dripping from the clothes is collected in the container.
1. An apparatus for drying clothes, the apparatus comprising:
a container including four side walls of the same height, said container having a perimeter;
said four side walls mounted to each other to define four corners and a base having one drain centrally located thereon;
four vertical telescopic poles entirely within said perimeter and extending vertically from said base;
said four vertical telescopic poles each having a topmost distal end and each of said four vertical telescopic poles mounted adjacent to one of said four corners;
said four vertical telescopic poles include a first set of two vertical telescopic poles being diagonally opposite to each other and a second set of the remaining two vertical telescopic poles being diagonally opposite to each other;
a first cross member extending entirely above said first set, said first cross member has two distal ends that are each mounted above the topmost distal ends of the two vertical telescopic poles defining said first set;
a second cross member extending entirely above said second set, said second cross member has two distal ends that are each mounted above the topmost distal ends of the two vertical telescopic poles defining said second set;
said first and second cross member intersecting each other and each of first and second cross member has a length and each of first and second cross member has two opposite distal ends;
a plurality of fasteners mounted entirely along the length of said first and second cross member except at the distal ends of said first and second cross member to make space for each of said four vertical telescopic poles to mount to said first and second cross member, said plurality of fasteners located entirely within said perimeter thereby permitting water dripping from wet clothes to land entirely within said container and on said base;
a wheel assembly including four wheels, one of said four wheels located below each of said four corners; and
a storage case having four case perimeter side walls and including a lower half and an upper half connected to each other and divided by a zipper extending horizontally along at least two of said four case perimeter side walls.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said fasteners are clothes pins or clips.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a curtain is mounted to said at least one of said cross member.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wheel assembly is mounted below a platform, said platform supporting and mounted entirely below said container.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said storage case is adapted to store said collapsible container and said four vertical telescopic poles.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said storage case is closed using a zipper.