Shoe drying support apparatus
First Claim
1. A shoe drying support apparatus arranged for positioning within a clothes dryer drum, wherein the apparatus comprises,a mounting tube, the mounting tube having a first end, including a first end resilient cap mounted to the first end, anda mounting tube second end, wherein the mounting tube second end includes an outer sleeve extending from the second end, the outer sleeve including a first end extending over the mounting tube from the mounting tube first end, and the outer tube including an outer sleeve second end having an outer sleeve resilient cap mounted to the outer sleeve second end, wherein the outer sleeve resilient cap and the mounting tube first end resilient cap are arranged for frictional engagement within the clothes dryer drum, anda tubular net arranged for securement about the mounting tube between the mounting tube first end and the mounting tube second end, with the tubular net arranged for receiving shoes for drying within the clothes dryer drum, andthe mounting tube second end includes an abutment wall, and the outer sleeve includes an outer sleeve cavity extending between the abutment wall and the outer sleeve second end, and a spring member positioned within the cavity captured between the abutment wall and the outer sleeve resilient cap biasing the outer sleeve in an extended orientation relative to the abutment wall, andthe outer sleeve first end includes a cylindrical externally threaded first end surface, and further including a locking collar, the locking collar including a locking collar conical threaded interior surface, with the conical interior surface arranged for threaded engagement with the sleeve externally threaded first end surface to permit locking of the outer sleeve first end relative to the mounting tube.
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Abstract
A mesh tubular basket is arranged for mounting about a support tube and secured at each end of the mesh basket by strap members to position canvas type shoes and the like within a clothes dryer during a drying procedure. The support tube is arranged with a spring-biased sleeve, having a collar member to secure the sleeve if desired in a biased orientation against an interior wall of a drying machine drum.
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1. A shoe drying support apparatus arranged for positioning within a clothes dryer drum, wherein the apparatus comprises,
a mounting tube, the mounting tube having a first end, including a first end resilient cap mounted to the first end, and a mounting tube second end, wherein the mounting tube second end includes an outer sleeve extending from the second end, the outer sleeve including a first end extending over the mounting tube from the mounting tube first end, and the outer tube including an outer sleeve second end having an outer sleeve resilient cap mounted to the outer sleeve second end, wherein the outer sleeve resilient cap and the mounting tube first end resilient cap are arranged for frictional engagement within the clothes dryer drum, and a tubular net arranged for securement about the mounting tube between the mounting tube first end and the mounting tube second end, with the tubular net arranged for receiving shoes for drying within the clothes dryer drum, and the mounting tube second end includes an abutment wall, and the outer sleeve includes an outer sleeve cavity extending between the abutment wall and the outer sleeve second end, and a spring member positioned within the cavity captured between the abutment wall and the outer sleeve resilient cap biasing the outer sleeve in an extended orientation relative to the abutment wall, and the outer sleeve first end includes a cylindrical externally threaded first end surface, and further including a locking collar, the locking collar including a locking collar conical threaded interior surface, with the conical interior surface arranged for threaded engagement with the sleeve externally threaded first end surface to permit locking of the outer sleeve first end relative to the mounting tube.
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