EP0845556A2

EP0845556A2 - Clothes drier

Info

Publication number: EP0845556A2
Application number: EP97402805A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Yasuhiro c/o NKG Co. Ltd. Ohsugi
Original assignee: NKG Co Ltd
Current assignee: NKG Co Ltd
Priority date: 1996-11-27
Filing date: 1997-11-21
Publication date: 1998-06-03
Also published as: KR19980042622A; AU4441297A; KR100267007B1; JPH10156093A; TW315299B; JP3653683B2; CA2222447A1; CN1183494A; EP0845556A3; ID19033A

Abstract

A clothestool which can be easily hung against a spot such as a projecting end of a door lintel with respect to a partition wall, by pivot-supporting a pair of hanging rods bent inwardly as to form a hook-shape at remote positions with respect to each other, and by providing urging springs for urging the hanging rods.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to a clothestool for hanging the washing to dry, and more particularly, a clothestool which can be hung against an end portion of a door lintel, projecting with respect to a partition wall (hereinafter called as a projection end portion).

Generally, clothestools for hanging the washing to dry are arranged to comprise a base body having suspending portions for pinching and holding a part of the washing therewith and a hanging portion for hanging the tool against a suitable member such as a clothespole. Although not shown in the drawings, such hanging portions are generally known to be either of the following types: (1) a hook type hanging portion having a substantially semicircular bent tip portion which is hung against the suitable member from one side; (2) a pinching type hanging portion having a pair of substantially semicircular bent tip portions extending from one pivot-supporting portion while being remote from each other for pinching the suitable member from both sides; and (3) a loop type hanging portion having a loop portion into which the suitable member is inserted.

However, all of the conventional clothestools of the above-described arrangements are made for the purpose of hanging these tools against a suitable member such as a clothespole with their hanging portions being either of the hook (1), pinching (2) or loop (3) type. Thus, if a clothestool is hung, for instance, against a projecting end portion of a door lintel which guides an upper end portion of a partition door such as a sliding door or a shoji (paper sliding door), tools of the hook type (1) present a drawback in that they easily and unexpectedly come off the door lintel, since the hanging portion is just half-hung with only the tip of the hook portion contacting the door lintel. In case of a conventional tool of the pinching type (2), they could not be hung against the door lintel since a pair of hook portions which can be separated from each other with one pivot-supporting portion being the fulcrum could not be separated as to exceed the width of the door lintel. Even if the object to which such a pinching type clothestool (2) is to be hung is not a door lintel but a bar of broad width, problems occurred when the pair of hook portions could not be separated as to exceed the width of the bar.

Further, in such pinching type clothestools (2), if the length from the tip of the hook portions to the pivot-supporting portion is made to be corresponding to the width of the door lintel such that the tip of the hook portion can be hung against the projecting end portion of the door lintel, the hanging point of the hook portions at which they are hung against the door lintel is positioned at a side in which the hook portions separate from each other with respect to a vertical line running through the pivot-supporting portion. Consequently, the direction of component of force acting on the tip of the hook portions is a direction in which the hook portions separate from the door lintel, and the distance between the tip of the hook portions and the vertical line will exceed a predetermined value, resulting in a larger component of force in a separating direction, and thus in a drawback in that the tool comes easier off the door lintel. A loop type clothestool (3) is disadvantaged since the door lintel can not be inserted into the loop portion.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is one object of the present invention to provide a clothestool which can be easily hung against, for instance, a projecting end portion of a door lintel and yet its hanging portions are hard to come off the door lintel by pivot-supporting a pair of hanging rods at remote positions with respect to each other having tip portions bent inwardly as to form a hook-shape, and by providing urging springs for urging these hanging rods.

The clothestool of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a base body having suspending portions for suspending objects to be dried and a hanging portion for hanging the tool against a suitable member, wherein the hanging portion includes a pair of hanging rods which lower ends are pivot-supported on the base body at remote positions with respect to each other and which upper ends are bent inwardly as to form a hook-shape, and urging springs for urging these hanging rods in a direction in which the respective tips are drawn towards each other.

Thus, since each hanging rod is pivot-supported at remote positions with respect to each other, if the tip portions of the hanging rods are hung, for instance, against a projecting end portion of a door lintel, the hanging points of the tip portions against the door lintel are positioned to an urging side of the urging springs with respect to a vertical line running through the pivot-supporting point of the hanging rods so that a component of force may act on the tip portions in a direction in which the tip portions are drawn towards each other. Consequently, together with the force of the urging springs, the clothestool is made hard to come off the door lintel and thus preventing the tool from unexpectedly falling from the door lintel. Further, since the hanging rods are provided such that the lower ends are pivot-supported at remote positions with respect to each other, each of the tip portions can be easily separated from each other such as to exceed the width of the door lintel by gripping the hanging rods with both hands and pulling them in a separating direction.

The clothestool of the present invention is characterized in that the pair of hanging rods respectively include at least one tip portion extending toward a tip, in a direction crossing the running direction of the lower ends, the tip portions are set apart at an interval in which the tip portions do not interfere with each other between the pair of hanging rods.

Further, the clothestool of the present invention is characterized in that the pair of hanging rods respectively include a pair of pivot-supporting portions which are remote from each other in a direction of a pivot-supporting axial, a pair of standing portions which stand up from the pivot-supporting portions, bridging portions which bridge the tips of the standing portions, and at least one tip portion extending from the bridging portion in a direction of an extension of the standing portions.

Thus, since the tip portions of the hanging rods assume a positional relationship in which they are offset in a direction in which they run through both lower ends without interfering with each other, it has been enabled to provide an arrangement with which the tool can be easily hung against, for instance, a door lintel without unexpectedly coming off therefrom, and which can also be hung against, for instance, a clothespole by pinching the same from both sides as to prevent the tool from unexpectedly coming off therefrom. Further, since the first and second hanging rods have a pair of pivot-supporting portions, a pair of standing portions, bridging portions and (at least one) tip portion, the ventilation of the hanging rod portions is made favorable. Still further, even if the base body is shaped in a form of a frame-shape having numerous suspending portions as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 (as will be described later), the tool can be steadily hung against a suitable member.

The clothestool of the present invention is characterized in that each of the pivot-supporting portions of the hanging rods are formed projecting direction of face to the standing portions mutually, wherein the standing portions have a substantially trapezoid shape in which the distance at the side of the standing portion colser to the pivot-supporting portions is greater than a distance at the side of the standing portion closer to the bridging portions, wherein a spring receiving piece having a spring holding groove is respectively provided as to project from the external side of the standing portions, and wherein tip portions of the hanging rods respectively have a plate-like shape bent in a substantially semicircular shape extending from the bridging portions, and as to comprise a passing hole being provided in the middle of the tip portion and a tip sharpened piece at a tip of the tip portion with a sharpened tip narrower in width than the tip portion.

Thus, since the substantially semicircular portions of the tip portions at the hanging rods can be adapted to a clothespole, the tool can be even stronger secured to the clothespole when hung thereto. Also, since the tip portions are arranged in a plate-like shape, the substantially semicircular portions of the tip portions can be effectively prevented from breaking off when hung, for instance, against a door lintel. The provision of passing holes in the middle of the plate-like tip portions enables not only favorable ventilation of the tip portions but also prevents the tool from coming off the door lintel due to wind more effectively, together with the arrangement of the pair of standing and bridging portions. Further, since tip sharpened pieces are provided at a tip of the tip portions, the width of contact with the door lintel can be made small while a body of the tip portions being broad so that the load can be concentrated at the tip sharpened pieces.

Further, since each of the pivot-supporting portions of the hanging poles are formed as to project in a direction of face to the standing portions mutally, the pivot-supporting portions can be easily pivot-supported to the base body and yet hard to come off therefrom. Also, since the standing portions are arranged to have a substantially trapezoid shape with the distance at the side of the pivot-supporting portions being greater than the distance at the side of the bridging portions, the stability of the base body with respect to the hanging rods is made favorable, and defaults such as deformation due to load acting on the bridging portions can be effectively prevented despite the arrangement of the base body having a frame-shape comprising numerous suspending portions. Still further, the urging springs for urging the tip portions of the hanging rods in a mutually drawing direction can be engaged with the spring holding grooves of the spring receiving pieces provided at the standing portions so that the urging springs are effectively prevented from coming off the standing portions.

The above and further objects and features of the invention will more fully be apparent from the following detailed description with accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clothestool according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the clothestool.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the clothestool with a half thereof being ommited.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the clothestool.

FIG. 5 is a side view of only a hanging rod of the clothestool.

FIG. 6 is a back view of only the hanging rod of the clothestool.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of only the hanging rod of the clothestool.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of only a suspending portion of the clothestool.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of only a pinching member of the suspending portion of the clothestool.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention will now be explained in details with reference to the drawings which show an embodiment thereof.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a constitution of a clothestool according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side view with a half thereof being omitted, and FIG. 4 is a plan view thereof. This clothestool is constituted to have a base body 2 having suspending portions 1 for pinching and holding a part of an object to be dried such as the washing, wherein the base body 2 comprises a hanging portion A for hanging the tool against a suitable member, e. g. a door lintel or clothespole. The hanging portion A comprises a pair of first and second hanging

rods

3,4 where lower base end portions are pivot-supported at remote positions with respect to each other and which tip portions are bent inwardly as to form a hook-shape, and a pair of

urging springs

5,5 for urging the hanging

rods

3,4 in a direction in which their

respective tip portions

35, 45 are drawn to each other.

The base body 2 comprises the following members : a first frame body 2A having three, namely large, medium, and small sized substantially U-shaped

frame pieces

21a, 21b, 21c, and a plurality of internal connecting pieces 21d and external connecting pieces 21e for connecting these

frame pieces

21a, 21b, 21c in a manner that these

frame pieces

21a, 21b, 21c are offset in a height direction and remote from each other; a second frame body 2B having three, namely large, medium, and small sized substantially

U-shaped frame pieces

22a, 22b, 22c, and a plurality of internal connecting pieces 22d and external connecting pieces 22e for connecting these

frame pieces

22a, 22b, 22c in a manner that these

frame pieces

22a, 22b, 22c are offset in a height direction and remote from each other; and two pivot-supporting

pins

23,23 for connecting one side of these

frame bodies

2A,2B as to be mutually foldable. If the tool is expanded with the pivot-supporting

pins

23,23 being the fulcrum as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, the U-shaped ends of the

frame bodies

2A,2B contact each other in an opposite placing manner to maintain the expanded condition, and (though not shown in the drawings) when folded with the pivot-supporting

pins

23,23 being the fulcrum, the

frame bodies

2A,2B are made to overlap with each other. The two

internal connecting pieces

21d,22d of the

frame bodies

2A,2B are respectively provided with a pair of

receiving pieces

24,25 being remote from each other in an projecting manner as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, and the frame pieces 21a through 21c and 22a through 22c are provided with numerous engaging pieces 26 in rows for engaging the suspending portions 1 in a detachable manner. It should be noted that the

receiving pieces

24,25 are provided with piercing holes for receiving the lower end portions of the hanging

rods

3,4, and are uniformly molded with the

frame bodies

2A,2B by synthetic resin.

FIG. 5 is a side view of only the hanging rod of the clothestool according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a back view thereof, and FIG. 7 is a plan view thereof. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIGs. 3 through 5, the first and second hanging

rods

3,4 comprises the following members : a pair of pivot-supporting

portions

31,31 and 41,41 being remote from each other in a pivot-supporting axial direction; a pair of standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43 respectively standing up from the pivot-supporting

portions

31,41; a first and

second bridging portion

34,44 for bridging the tips of the standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43; and a plurality (two each in the drawings) of

tip portions

35,35 and 45,45 extending from the

bridging portions

34,44 in direction of an extension of the standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43 at intervals at which the

tip portion

35,35 and 45,45 do not interfere with each other, wherein the hanging

rods

3,4 are uniformly molded of synthetic resin, and wherein the pivot-supporting

portions

31,41 are inserted, fitted and connected to the

receiving pieces

24,25 as to be detachable.

The pivot-supporting

portions

31,31 and 41,41, the standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43, and the

bridging portions

34,44 are molded as to be uniform being successive to each other in a shape of a rod, and the

tip portions

35,45 are also uniformly molded. The pivot-supporting

portions

31,41 are projecting in a direction of face to the standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43 mutually such that if the pivot-supporting portions are inserted, fitted and connected to the

receiving portions

24,25, the lower end portions of the standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43 contact the

receiving portions

24,25 at one end thereof, thus making the standing portions hard to come off from the base body 2. The standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43 are formed in a substantially trapezoid shape in which the distance at the side of the

dtanding portions

32,33 and 42,43 closer to the pivot-supporting portions is greater than the distance at the side of the standing

portion

32,33 and 42,43 colser to the bridging portions. The assembling of the hanging

rods

3,4 to the base body 2 is performed by elastically displacing the standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43 in a separating direction with respect to each other and by inserting the ends of the pivot-supporting

portions

31,41 into the receiving

portions

24,25 for engagement.

As shown in FIGs. 5 through 7, the hook-

shaped tip portions

35,45 are arranged in a plate-like manner bent in a substantially semicircular shape extending from the

bridging portions

34,44, wherein the

tip portions

35,45 comprise passing

holes

35a,45a provided in the middle thereof and tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b at the tip thereof with the sharp tips being narrower in width than the

tip portions

35,45.

Further, first

spring receiving pieces

36,46 having a circular spring holding groove are formed projecting at the outer side of the standing portion 33 at one side with respect to the first bridging portion 34 and at the outer side of the standing portion 42 at one side with respect to the second bridging portion 44, and second and third

spring receiving pieces

37,38 and 47,48 having a circular spring holding groove are formed projecting at the outer side of the standing portion 32 at the other side with respect to the first bridging portion 34 and at the outer side of the standing portion 43 at the other side with respect to the second bridging portion 44 at suitable intervals. By providing

urging springs

5,5 being tensioned between the spring holding grooves of the first

spring receiving pieces

36,46 and those of the second

spring receiving pieces

37,47, respectively, the

tip portions

35,45 of the

hanging rods

3,4 are drawn in a mutually approaching direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, each urging spring 5 comprises, at both ends of a coil portion 51, a first and second winding portion 52,53 which can be inserted, fitted and engaged with the spring receiving pieces 36 through 38 and 46 through 48, and coil springs including a loop-like picking portion 54 being successive to the second winding portion 53, wherein the second winding portion 53 may be inserted, fitted and engaged with either the first

spring receiving pieces

36,46 or the third

spring receiving pieces

38,48 by gripping the picking portion 54. Such an engagement of the second winding portion 53 with the first

spring receiving pieces

36,46 as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 makes the

tip portions

35,45 of the

hanging rods

3,4 to be drawn in a mutually approaching direction, while an engagement of the second winding portions 53 with the third spring receiving pieces 38,48 (not shown) would prevent the urging force of the spring 5 from acting on the hanging

rods

3,4.

As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the suspending portions 1 are constituted to comprise a clothespin 10 for pinching and holding a part of the object to be dried such as the washing, and a suspending rod 10A for suspending the clothespin 10 from the base body 2, wherein the clothespin 10 has first and second joint portions 11a,11b in a concave and convex shape in the middle portion in a longitudinal direction, and the joint portions 11a,11b comprise first and

second pinching members

11,11 of a predetermined length which are joint in a relatively freely-rotating manner, a rotating body 12 respectively supported at one end of the

pinching members

11,11 as to be freely-rotating, and a substantially C-shaped ring spring 13 for urging the side of the ends between the

pinching members

11,11 in a mutually approaching direction. The lower end portion of the suspending rod 10A is held by inserting into the intermediate portion of the ring spring 13, and the tip portion of the suspending rod 10A is inserted, fitted and engaged with each of the engaging portions 26 of the base body 2 as to be detachable. Further, a positional shift preventing piece llc is projectingly provided at the first joint portions lla of the

pinching members

11,11 for preventing a relative positional shift of the

pinching members

11,11 in a one-sided direction. With this arrangement, if an object to be dried pinched between the rotating bodies 12 of the

pinching members

11,11 is removed by pulling the object in a diagonal direction with respect to a vertical line, a positional shift of a pinching member 11 with respect to another pinching member 11 at the joint portions 11a,11b can be prevented.

The clothestool of the above-explained arrangement is either hung against a door lintel K as shown by the solid rod and the one dot chain rod in FIG. 2 as well as in FIG. 1, or against a clothespole S as shown by the two dot chain rod in FIG. 2. If the tool is hung against a door lintel K, the second winding portion 53 of the urging spring 5 is inserted, fitted and engaged with the first

spring receiving pieces

36,46, and the

tip portions

35,45 of the hanging

rods

3,4 are drawn in a mutually approaching direction. If the tool is hung against a clothespole S, the second winding portion 53 of the urging spring 5 is inserted, fitted and engaged with the third

spring receiving pieces

38,48, thus preventing the urging spring 5 from acting on the hanging

rods

3,4.

As shown by the solid rod and the one dot chain rod in FIG. 2 as well as in FIG. 1, if the tool is hung against a door lintel K, the urging spring 5 is expanded and contracted in a direction in which the first and

second hanging rods

3,4 of the hanging portion A are separated from each other. This is made possible due to the fact that these hanging

rods

3,4 are pivot-supported with their lower end portions being remote, and the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of the

tip portions

35,45 may be easily expanded such that the distance between these pieces exceeds the width of the door lintel K by gripping the hanging

rods

3,4 with both hands and expanding and contracting them in a separating direction with respect to each other. Thus, the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of the

tip portions

35,45 at the hanging

rods

3,4 may be easily hung against a corner of a projecting end portion Ke with respect to the partition wall of the door lintel K.

Further, if the tool is hung against a door lintel K, the hanging point P of the

tip portions

35,45 against the door lintel K at the hanging

rods

3,4 is positioned at the urging side of the urging spring 5 with respect to a vertical line Z running through pivot-supporting

portions

31,41 as shown in FIG. 2. With this arrangement, a component of force drawing the

tip portions

35,45 closer to each other is made to effect on the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of the

tip portions

35,45 at the hanging

rods

3,4, thereby making the tool hard to come off the door lintel K together with the force of the urging spring 5, and preventing the same from unexpectedly falling off the door lintel K. Further, if the tool is hung against a door lintel K, the hanging point P of the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of

tip portions

35,45 to the door lintel K is positioned to a side opposite to the urging side of the urging spring 5 with respect to the vertical line Z running through pivot-supporting

portions

31,41 such that a component of force is executed on the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of the

tip portions

35,45 in a direction in which the tip-

portions

35,45 are separated from each other. However, due to the relationship between the width of the door lintel K and the distance between the pivot-supporting

portions

31,41 of the hanging

rods

3,4, the distance H between the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of the

tip portions

35,45 and the vertical line Z is made smaller than the distance between pivot-supporting position and the vertical line in conventional pinching type clothestools, thereby making the tool hard to come off the door lintel K together with the force of the urging spring 5, and preventing the tool from unexpectedly falling off the door lintel K.

Since the

tip portions

35,45 have a plate-like shape, the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b of the

tip portions

35,45 can effectively prevent the substantially semicircular portion of the

tip portions

35,45 from breaking off when hung against the door lintel K. Further, since the tool is arranged such that the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b which are narrower in width than the

tip portions

35,45 are engaged with the corner portion of the projecting end portion Ke of the door lintel K as to cut therein, the width of contact with the door lintel K is made small so as to concentrate the load on the tip sharpened

pieces

35b,45b despite the broad width of the

overall tip portions

35,45. Consequently, the tool is made hard to come off the door lintel K even if an external force twisting the whole clothestool with the center being the hanging point with respect to the door lintel K is executed on the tool.

As shown by the two dot chain rod in FIG. 2, if the tool is hung against a clothespole S, the

tip portions

35,45 of the first and

second hanging rods

3,4 at the hanging portion A may be hung against the clothespole S by pinching the clothespole S from both sides though being arranged as to be easily hung against a door lintel K without unexpectedly falling off therefrom, since the

tip portions

35,45 are provided as to extend from the first and

second bridging portions

34,44 at intervals at which they do not interfere with each other. Further, since the

tip portions

35,45 have a plate-like shape which substantially semicircular portions are adapted to the clothespole S, the tool can be prevented from unexpectedly falling off the clothespole S together with the pinching arrangement. Moreover, if the tool is hung against the clothespole S, the force of the urging spring 5 does not effect on the hanging

rods

3,4, thus making the tool easy to be suspended to and removed from the clothespole S.

Though the base body 2 is arranged to be of a large shape with

frame bodies

2A,2B being connected to each other as to be mutually foldable and to have numerous suspending portions 1, the tool can be steadily hung against both, a door lintel K and a clothespole S by arranging first and

second hanging rods

3,4 comprising a pair of pivot-supporting port-

ions

31,31 and 41,41, a pair of standing

portions

32,33 and 42,43, bridging

portions

34,44 and

tip portions

35,45 for hanging the tool against a suitable therewith.

Though the clothestool of the above-explained embodiment comprises an urging spring 5 tensioned between the first and

second hanging rods

3,4, the urging spring 5 may also be tensioned between the base body 2 and the first hanging rod 3 as well as between the base body 2 and the second hanging rod 4.

Though the clothestool of the above-explained embodiment comprises two

tip portions

35,35 and 45,45 at the first and

second hanging rods

3,4, respectively, there may also be provided only one

tip portion

35,45 at the first and

second hanging rods

3,4, respectively.

Further, the embodiment of the present invention has been explained taking an example in which the clothestool is hung against a door lintel K or a clothespole S, but it is not limited to these, and the hanging portions may be adapted to be hung against any object of a broad width.

According to the clothestool of the present invention, since the hanging rods with tip portions bent inwardly in a hook-shape are pivot-supported at remote positions with respect to each other, if the tip portions are hung against a projecting end portion of a door lintel, a component of force is executed on the tip portions of the hanging rods in a direction in which they are drawn to each other, thus making the clothestool hard to come off the door lintel and preventing the tool from unexpectedly falling off the door lintel. Moreover, since the lower end portions of the hanging rods are pivot-supported at remote positions with respect to each other, the distance between the tip portions may be easily expanded beyond the width of the door lintel by gripping and pulling the hanging rods in a separating direction with both hands. Thus, the tool may be easily hung against the projecting end portion of the door lintel.

According to the clothestool of the present invention, the tip portions of the hanging rods are arranged as to extend from the bridging portions at intervals at which they do not interfere with each other, thus enabling the tool to be hung against a clothespole by pinching the pole from both sides as to prevent the tool from unexpectedly falling off therefrom though being arranged as to be easily hung against a door lintel without unexpectedly falling off therefrom. Further, since the hanging rods are formed to comprise a pair of pivot-supporting portions, a pair of standing portions, bridging portions and (at least one) tip portion, the ventilation of the hanging rod portions can be made favorable and the tool can be effectively prevented from coming off due to wind when engaged to a door lintel. This constitution also enables to steadily hang the tool against a suitable member such as a door lintel despite the arrangement of the base body as to be a frame body having numerous suspending portions as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4.

Further, according to the clothestool of the present invention, the substantially semicircular portions of the tip portions at the hanging rods may be adapted to the clothespole as to make the tool even harder to come off the clothespole, and moreover, since the tip portions are formed to have a plate-like shape, the substantially semicircular portions of the tip portions are effectively prevented from breaking off when hung against a door lintel. Still further, the provision of passing holes in the middle of the tip portions arranged to have a plate-like shape make the ventilation of the tip portions favorable and serve to even more effectively prevent the tool from coming off the door lintel due to wind together with the provision of the pair of standing portions and bridging portions.

Since the tip sharpened pieces with sharpened tips are formed projecting at the tip of the tip portions, the width of contact with the door lintel can be made small and the load can be concentrated on the tip sharpened pieces despite the broad width of the body of the tip portions, thus making the tool harder to come off the door lintel even if an external force is executed on the tool as to twist the whole tool with the hanging point to the door lintel being the center. Further, since the pivot-supporting portions of the hanging rods are formed projecting in a direction of face to the standing portions, they are made hard to come off from the base body. Since the standing portions are arranged in a substantially trapezoid shape in which the distance at the side of the standing portions closer to the pivot-supporting portions is made greater than the distance at the side of the bridging portions, the stability of the base body with respect to the hanging rods can be made favorable, and defaults such as deformation due to load executing on the bridging portions can be effectively prevented despite the constitution of the base body having a frame shape with numerous suspending portions. Further, since urging springs drawing the tip portions of the hanging rods may be engaged with spring holding grooves of spring receiving pieces that are formed projecting at outer sides of the standing portions, the urging springs can be effectively prevented from coming off the standing portions.

Claims

A clothestool comprising :

a base body having suspending portions to suspend objects to be dried; and

a hanging portion (A) having the clothestool against a suitable member,

characterized in that the hanging portion (A) includes :

a pair of hanging rods (3,4) which lower ends are pivot-supported on the base body at remote positions with respect to each other and which upper ends are bent inwardly as to form a hook-shape; and

an urging spring (5) for urging the hanging rods (3,4) in a direction in which the respective tips are drawn to each other.
The clothestool according to Claim 1, wherein the pair of hanging rods (3,4) respectively include at least one tip portion (34,35) extending toward a tip, in a direction crossing the running direction of the lower ends, the tip portions are set apart at an interval in which the tip portions do not interfere with each other between the pair of hanging rods.
The clothestool according to Claim 1, wherein the pair of hanging rods (3,4) respectively include :

a pair of pivot-supporting portions (31,41) being remote with respect to each other in a direction of a pivot-supporting axial,

a pair of standing portions (32,33,42,43) standing up from the pivot-supporting portions (31,41),

bridging portions (34,44) for bridging tips of the standing portions (32,33,42,43), and

at least one tip portion (34,45) extending from the bridging portions (32,33,42,43) in a direction of an extension of the standing portions.
The clothestool according to Claim 2, wherein the tip portions (35,45) of the hanging rods (3,4) respectively have a plate-like shape bent into a substantially semicircular shape expanding to their external sides, and wherein there are respectively formed tip sharpened pieces (35b,45b) projecting form a tip with sharpened tips narrower in width than a width of the tip portion (35,45).
The clothestool according to Claim 3, wherein the standing portions (32, 33, 42, 43) of the hanging rods (3, 4) have a substantially trapezoid shape in which a distance at a side of the standing portion (32,33,42,43) closer to the pivot-supporting portions (31,41) is greater than a distance at a side of the standing portion (32,33,42,43) closer to the bridging portions (34,44).
The clothestool according to Claim 3, wherein the tip portions (35,45) of the hanging rods (3,4) respectively have a plate-like shape bent in a substantially semicircular shape extending from the bridging portion (34,44) with a passing hole (35a,45a) provided in the middle thereof, wherein there are respectively formed tip sharpened pieces (35b,45b) projecting from a tip of the tip portion (35,45) with sharpened tips narrower in width than the width of the tip portion (35,45).
The clothestool according to Claim 5, wherein the tip portions (35,45) of the hanging rods (3,4) respectively have a plate-like shape bent in a substantially semicircular shape extending from the bridging portion (34,44) with a passing hole (35a,45a) provided in the middle thereof, wherein there are respectively formed tip sharpened pieces (35b,45b) projecting from a tip of the tip portion (35,45) with sharpened tips narrower in width than the width of the tip portion (35,45).
The clothestool according to the Claim 5, wherein the standing portions (32,33,42,43) of the hanging rods (3,4) respectively include a projecting spring receiving piece (36,37,46,47) having a spring holding groove at an external side thereof.
The clothestool according to the Claim 7, wherein the standing portions (32,33,42,43) of the hanging rods respectively include a projecting spring receiving piece (36,37,46,47) having a spring holding groove at an external side thereof.
The clothestool according to Claim 9, wherein the pivot-supporting portions (31,41) of the hanging rods (3,4) are formed projecting in a direction of face to the standing portions (32,33,42,43), mutually.