Clothes drying garment bag

• US 4,572,364 A
• Filed: 07/18/1984
• Issued: 02/25/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William T. Jordan
• Original Assignee: William T. Jordan
• Inventors: Jordan, William T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoap, Allan N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GEHMAN, BRYON P
• Application Number:
  US06/632,028
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 206/286, 206/287, 206/289, 206/284, 206/278, 206/287.1, 206/288, 34/151, 34/163, 34/201, 34/233, 34/219, 34/232
• US Class Current: 206/287
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 25/54 Dust- or moth-proof garment bags, e.g. with suit hangers
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/14 Collapsible drying cabinets; Wall mounted collapsible hoods

Abstract

A garment bag that can also be used as a portable clothes dryer, having a flexible, foldable enclosure with a top gusset adapted to admit the neck of a portable blower-type hair dryer, long side panels and a closed bottom. Also included is a closable opening in one side panel, a plurality of vents near the top and at least one vent at the bottom and a flexible carrying handle attached at spaced locations in the top of the bag.

Claims

1. A garment bag suitable for use as a portable clothes dryer comprising:

a. two side panels made of flexible, foldable material, one of said side panels having an opening for the insertion of garments,

b. a top gusset connected between the top portions of said side panels, said top gusset being made of flexible, foldable material,

c. a top flexible handle attached at spaced locations in the top of said garment bag,

d. an elasticized opening in the central portion of said top gusset and between the areas of attachment of said top carrying handle, said elasticized opening having an expandable opening size to receive the air discharge portion of a portable blower-type hair dryer,

e. hanging means within said bag to suspend a hanger for clothing,

f. a plurality of upper vents in said bag located above the lower portion of said hanging means, and

g. a bottom vent in said bag, positioned to drain water from the bottom of said bag, whereby air introduced into said elasticized opening from a hair dryer flows downwardly as a compact stream, reverses direction and flows upwardly as a turbulent stream inflating said bag and exiting through said upper vents.

2. The garment bag as described in claim 1 wherein, said top handle is sewn into the seam formed by said top gusset and one of said side panels.

3. The garment bag as described in claim 1 wherein, said top handle extends into said bag to form said hanging means.

4. The garment bag as described in claim 1 wherein, said top handle includes detachment means.

5. The garment bag as described in claim 1 wherein, said bag includes sides gussets connected between the side portions of said side panels, said side gussets being made of flexible, foldable material.

6. The garment bag as described in claim 5 wherein, said upper vents are located in said side gussets above the lower portion of said hanging means.