GB2380932A - Retractable clothers line cover - Google Patents

Abstract

A retractable cover 3 for a clothes line 5 suspended between posts 1 is mounted by rings 11 on a wire 4 located above the line 5 by way of extensions 2 fitted over the tops of the main poles and secured by plates 8 or mounting poles (11 Fig 3).

Description

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CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS THE INVENTION RELATES TO A TRADITIONAL OUTDOOR CLOTHES-LINE WHICH INCLUDES TWO, THREE OR MORE TUBULAR METAL POLES AND LINKED BY A ROPE OR SYNTHETIC LINE AND FROM WHICH ARE HUNG ANY DAY'S NEWLY WASHED CLOTHES SUCH CLOTHES-LINES ARE THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF DRYING ONE'S NEWLY WASHED CLOTHES OUTDOOR BUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS DAMP, INCLEMENTLY WET OR INTERMITTINGLY SQUALLY, CAN RESULT IN A FRUSTRATINGLY TIME CONSUMING DAY, HAVING, REPEATEDLY TO BRING IN AND HANG OUT, THE SAME WASHED CLOTHES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT GETTING THEM AIRED AT ALL ON A GIVEN DAY AN OBJECT OF THIS INVENTION IS TO PROVIDE A CLOTHES-LINE WITH A VENTILATED RAIN COVER WHICH CAN BE DRAWN OR RETRACTED WITHOUT THE NEED FOR REMOVING THE CLOTHES FROM THE LINE ACCORDINGLY, THIS INVENTION PROVIDES A CLOTHES LINE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO POLES HAVING MEANS FOR ATTACHING A CLOTHES HANGING LINE, THE POLES EXTENDING ABOVE SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS, TO MOUNT AN ADDITIONAL LINE, SPACED ABOVE THE CLOTHES HANGING LINE AND A VENTILATED AND WATERPROOF TUNNELLED COVER CARRIED BY THE ADDITIONAL LINE FOR BEING DRAWN OUT OVER AND RETRACTED FROM THE SPAN OF THE CLOTHES HANGING LINE PREFERABLY, THE UPPER PART OF THE CLOTHES POLE ABOVE SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS COMPRISES A POLE EXTENSION SECURED TO THE POLE A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION WILL NOW BE DESCRIBED WITH REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS IN WHICH FIGURE I SHOWS A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE WHOLE CLOTHES-LINE AND COVER IN A DRAWN POSITION FIGURE 2 SHOWS A SIDE VIEW OF A CLOTHES POLE WHICH INCORPORATES THE EXTRA HEIGHT GIVEN BY AN EXTENSION POLE AND A CUSTOM MADE POLE FIGURE 3 SHOWS A SIDE VIEW OF AN EXTENSION POLE FIGURE 4 SHOW A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE WHOLE CLOTHES-LINE AND COVER IN A CLOSED POSITION

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AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 2, THE CLOTHES POLE 1 IS A TRADITIONAL CLOTHES POLE WITH A POLE EXTENSION 2 MOUNTED ON THE CLOTHES POLE 1 AND SECURED IN PLACE BY PLATES 8 TO CLOTHES POLE'S 1 "TIE BARS" 10 FIGURE 2 SHOWS ALSO CLOTHES POLE 9 WHICH IS A CUSTOM MADE POLE WHICH INCORPORATES THE EXTRA HEIGHT REQUIRED AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 4 THE CLOTHES POLES 1 AND POLE EXTENSIONS 2 ARE TRAVERSED BY A TAUT WIRE 4 AND SECURED AT BOTH ENDS TO POLE EXTENSIONS 2 FIGURE 1 SHOWS THE WATERPROOF TUNNEL COVER 3 IN ITS FULLY DRAWN POSITION BETWEEN BOTH CLOTHES POLES 1 GIVING RAIN PROTECTION TO THE CLOTHES ON THE CLOTHES LINE 5 FIGURE 4 SHOWS THE WATERPROOF TUNNEL COVER 3 IN ITS FULLY RETRACTED POSITION WITH STRAPS 12 TYING THE COVER 3 TO ITSELF AND SECURED TO THE CLOTHES POLE I BY STRAP 7 IN FIGURE I THE SHAPED METAL OR PLASTIC RIBS 6 MAINTAIN THE DOME OUTLINE OF THE TUNNEL COVER 3 FIGURE 1 ALSO SHOWS TUNNEL COVER 3 SECURED TO TAUT CABLE 4 BY RINGS 11 WHICH ARE THREADED THROUGH BY CABLE 4 FIGURE 3 SHOWS PLATES 8 POSITIONED THROUGH TIE BARS 10 AND SECURED TO POLE EXTENSIONS 2, THREADED BOLT 14, BY WING NUTS 13 THE WATERPROOF TUNNEL COVER 3 WHICH SLIDES ALONG WIRE 4 AND SECURED TO SAME WIRE 4 BY RINGS 11 CAN BE FULLY DRAWN OR FULLY RETRACTED DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER THE CLOTHES POLE EXTENSIONS 2 AND TUNNEL COVER 3 ARE LEFT IN PLACE PERMANENTLY ALLOWING FOR EASY AND QUICK USE OF TUNNEL COVER 3 WHENEVER IT IS REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE MADE TO THE FOREGOING WITHOUT DEPARTING FROM THE SCOPE OF THE INVENTION

Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS 1 A CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO POLES HAVING MEANS FOR ATTACHING A CLOTHES HANGING LINE, THE POLES EXTENDING ABOVE SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS TO MOUNT AN ADDITIONAL LINE SPACED ABOVE THE CLOTHES HANGING LINE AND A VENTILATED AND WATERPROOF TUNNELLED COVER CARRIED BY THE ADDITIONAL LINE AND BEING DRAWN OUT OVER AND RETRACTED FROM THE SPAN OF THE CLOTHES HANGING LINE 2 A CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS WHERE THE UPPER PART OF THE CLOTHES POLE ABOVE SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS COMPRISES A POLE EXTENSION SECURED TO THE POLE 3 A CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS WHERE, AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM 2, THE EXTENSION COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY ADAPTED TO ENGAGE OVER THE TOPE OF A CLOTHES POLE, SECURING MEANS ATTACHABLE TO THE CLOTHES POLE TO SECURE THE EXTENSION IN PLACE, AND AN UPPER PORTION ADAPTED TO SECURE ONE END OF AN ADDITIONAL LINE 4 A CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS SUBSTANTIALLY AS HEREIN DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS