Supports: racks – Specially mounted – Wall or window
Reexamination Certificate
1997-10-18
2001-07-10
Gibson, Jr., Robert W. (Department: 3623)
Supports: racks
Specially mounted
Wall or window
C211S032000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06257424
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hanging system for wet bathing suits and more particularly pertains to supporting wet bathing suits to allow for them to dry out without dripping on a floor area with a hanging system for wet bathing suits.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of drip catching devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, drip catching devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of catching dripping water are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,378,866 to Pelavin; U.S. Pat. No. 1,999,064 to Marks; U.S. Pat. No. 2,990,033 to Arnold; U.S. Pat. No. 3,141,522 to Fitzpatrick; U.S. Pat. No. 3,284,273 to Prentice; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,282,381 to Fitzpatrick.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a hanging system for wet bathing suits for supporting wet bathing suits to allow for them to dry out without dripping on a floor area.
In this respect, the hanging system for wet bathing suits according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of supporting wet bathing suits to allow for them to dry out without dripping on a floor area.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits which can be used for supporting wet bathing suits to allow for them to dry out without dripping on a floor area. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of drip catching devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved hanging system for wet bathing suits. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a support plate having a generally rectangular configuration. The support plate has a planar front surface and a planar rear surface. The support plate further includes opposed short top and bottom edges and opposed long side edges. A trough portion is secured to the planar front surface of the support plate upwardly of the short lower edge thereof. The trough portion includes an open upper end and a closed lower end. The trough portion has a width essentially five times greater than a width of the support plate. A plurality of support rods extend orthogonally outward from the front surface of the support plate downwardly of the short upper edge thereof. The support rods each have a length essentially half of the width of the trough portion. The support rods each have a vertically oriented, diamond-shaped hanger portion secured to a free end thereof. The vertically oriented hanger portions are adapted for supporting clothing thereon.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits which has all the advantages of the prior art drip catching devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a hanging system for wet bathing suits economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits for supporting wet bathing suits to allow for them to dry out without dripping on a floor area.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved hanging system for wet bathing suits including a support plate. A trough portion is secured to the support plate upwardly of a lower edge thereof. A plurality of support rods extend orthogonally outward from the support x plate downwardly of an upper edge thereof for supporting clothing thereon.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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