Patent ID: 8393482

Claim:
A sports equipment rack comprising: a frame comprised of tubular members having walls defining conduit for forced air flow, and having apertures extending through the walls of the tubular members for directing a flow of air toward an article of clothing supported on the frame; a clothes hanger configured to support the shoulders of an article of clothing, the clothes hanger spaced above one of the apertured tubular members and being sufficiently close to the apertures to facilitate accelerated drying of an article of clothing supported on the hanger when air is blown through the apertures; and a blower in fluid communication with the conduit defined by the tubular members to force air outwardly through the apertures to dry an article of clothing supported on the hanger, further comprising a detachable umbrella holder, the detachable umbrella holder comprising a lateral extension projecting from the main vertical member above the hanger and having a cup for receiving an umbrella pole.