Patent ID: 6684529
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A manually operated blow-drying device for drying a vehicle, said blow-drying device comprising:an overhead support assembly; a hose coupled to the support assembly and extending generally downwardly therefrom; a blower fluidically coupled to a base end of the hose and operable to force air through the hose and out of a distal end of the hose; and a handle coupled to the distal end of the hose and operable to aid in manual manipulation of the hose, said support assembly including an elongated boom and a support housing, said elongated boom being pivotally coupled to the support housing, said support housing defining a protected interior space, said blower being received in the protected interior space, said boom being rotatable relative to the support housing on a boom pivot axis, said boom pivot axis being skewed from vertical by a tilt angle in the range of from about 1 degree to about 5 degrees.