Patent ID: 6592091
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A universal, multi-positional storage receptacle for the safer, more efficient and lower cost storage of most common hand held portable hair dryers, said receptacle comprising: a one piece molded housing having a flat back side for mating with and installation onto a wall, said flat back side being part of the remaining housing, said housing having an attached enclosure side which adjoins to the flat back side, said enclosure side emanating from said flat back side into a flat sided surface said flat sided surface of said enclosure side does arc and curve to a front flat sided surface of said enclosure surface from both sides of said flat back side, thereby forming a less than square like enclosure surface having rounded and arc like corners at the outermost sides of said enclosure side relative to said flat back side, and thus both emanating flat side surfaces emanating outward from said flat back side and both said flat sides of said enclosure side adjoining the said front side of said enclosure side in a curved and arc like fashion at both front facing corners of said enclosure side of said housing, said attached enclosure side emanating from said flat back side from a point below the upper most and widest part of said flat back side and said enclosure side emanating above the lower most and narrow most part of said flat back side so that a portion of said flat back side is exposed above and below said enclosure side to enable installer access to holes provided in said flat back side and said holes located within said exposed upper and lower areas of said flat back side for installation, said enclosure side at both upper and lower adjoinments to said flat back side on both sides of said flat back side having arc like adjoinment to strengthen said adjoinments at all points of said adjoinments and said enclosure side having multiple tapered slots or openings within said enclosure side opening and emanating from the upper most edge of said enclosure side whereby said slots are wider in opening at the upper most point of said enclosure side and said slots are tapered variably downward to narrower openings at the lower most point of said slots within said enclosure side of said housing, said slots to provide multiple positions for the insertion of most common hair dryer handles of said hair dryers and said housing comprised of the combined said flat back side and said enclosure side to accommodate the greater part or bulk of a said hair dryer, said hair dryer to be inserted within said housing being tapered in a reducing and variable capacity being larger in capacity at and within the upper most and widest part of said housing, said upper end of said housing having the larger capacity for the blower and heater portion of said hair dryer and said housing then variably reducing in size and capacity to the lower most and narrow portion of said housing to accommodate the insertion of the blower tube portion of most said hair dryers, said housing also having at the front of said enclosure side, an adjoining hook configuration being adjoined to the outer most and lower most side previously described as the front enclosure side being the furthest distance from and parallel to said flat back side and said adjoining hook being almost as wide as the distance in width of said front side of said enclosure side of said housing of said receptacle, and that the variability of sizing and taper of said receptacle within said housing and within said slots, does facilitate variable accommodation to varying sizes of many common portable hand held hair dryers within a one piece molded construction not capable of disassembly and thus providing a greater degree of safety as well as practicality.