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Expandable clothes rack

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-12-10
UMBRA
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The present invention is an expandable clothes rack that resembles a ladder. It includes vertical longitudinal wood members with spaced apertures and parallel wood dowels fixedly secured within the apertures. There are also parallel metal tubes fixedly secured to the vertical longitudinal wood members and operatively arranged to telescopingly engage the dowels. The invention is easy to assemble and disassemble, providing flexibility in its use. Its unique design allows for easy expansion and adjustment of the rack's size, making it easy to store and display clothes in a convenient and organized way.

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Surprisingly, no one has apparently yet invented a clothes rack that resembles a ladder but with horizontally adjustable rungs to increase the capacity of the rack for use, and yet minimize size for storage.

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[0026]At the outset, it should be appreciated that like drawing numbers on different drawing views identify identical, or functionally similar, structural elements of the invention. While the present invention is described with respect to what is presently considered to be the preferred aspects, it is to be understood that the invention as claimed is not limited to the disclosed aspects. The present invention is intended to include various modifications and equivalent arrangements within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

[0027]Furthermore, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the particular methodology, materials and modifications described and as such may, of course, vary. It is also understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular aspects only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, which is limited only by the appended claims.

[0028]Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific te...

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Abstract

An expandable clothes rack, including a first vertical longitudinal wood member, having a plurality of spaced apertures; a plurality of parallel wood dowels, each dowel fixedly secured within one of the spaced apertures within the first vertical longitudinal wood member, such that the dowel extends outwardly on either side of the first vertical longitudinal wood member; and, a second vertical longitudinal wood member including a plurality of parallel spaced metal tubes fixedly secured to and extending outwardly from the second vertical longitudinal wood member, and operatively arranged to telescopingly engage the plurality of parallel wood dowels to form a ladder-like structure.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates generally to clothes racks and, more particularly, to expandable clothes racks for storing and holding clothes, towels and the like.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Clothes racks and drying racks have been known for many years. U.S. Pat. No. 1,628,936 (Turner) discloses a drying rack that fits over a bathtub in an inverted “V” shape, for example. U.S. Pat. No. 3,784,020 (Steiner) discloses a vertically arranged telescoping clothes dryer structure. U.S. Pat. No. 6,131,749 (Crockett et al.) discloses an adjustable clothes rack in the form of a saw-horse. A similar design is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,832,574 (Sexton). Yet another “saw-horse” type design is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,342,342 (Vandelaar). U.S. Pat. No. 3,918,591 (Cooper) discloses a collapsible clothes rack. Another collapsible clothes drying rack is disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004 / 0074858 (Thuma et al.) A folding collapsible clothes rack on...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G25/06
CPCA47G25/0685A47K10/04D06F57/06
Inventor CARR, MATTHEW J.
Owner UMBRA
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