Patent ID: 8177074

Claim:
A drying device and housing for same, comprising: a rear base ( 1 ) extending from a top end to a bottom end and adapted to be attached to a vertical support; a drying frame suspended on the rear base and configured to be folded in to the base to form an elongated unit, the drying frame having i) at least three arms ( 19 , 20 ) arranged in an evenly distributed manner around an arm joint ( 21 ), and ii) at least three bars ( 22 , 23 ) which are analogously arranged in an evenly distributed manner around a bar joint ( 24 ), the bars ( 22 , 23 ) being pivotably connected to the arms ( 19 , 20 ) in such a manner that the joints move apart when the arms and the bars are folded in, and move towards one another when the arms and the bars are folded out, and at an end ( 29 ) turned away from the arm joint ( 21 ), one ( 20 ) of the arms is pivotably suspended on the base ( 1 ), and one of the bars ( 23 ) which is pivotably connected to one of the arms ( 20 ) is couplable to the base ( 1 ) in at least a folded-out position; wing means ( 2 , 3 ) suspended on the base ( 1 ) the wing means ( 2 , 3 ) adapted to be pivoted, about a pivot axis in a longitudinal direction of the unit, between a closed position for covering the folded drying device ( 18 ) and an open position in which the drying device is capable of being folded in and out, the wing means ( 2 , 3 ) comprising two wings ( 2 , 3 ) each suspended on an opposite edge of the base ( 1 ), said wings ( 2 , 3 ), in the closed position, extending forwards with respect to the base ( 1 ); and supporting means ( 29 , 30 ) for supporting the drying device ( 18 ) with respect to the base, wherein, in the closed position, edges of the wings ( 2 , 3 ) adjoin each other in a sealing manner ( 9 ) at a position spaced forward from the base, and each wing ( 2 , 3 ) forms an entire transverse side ( 34 ) and a part of a front side ( 35 ) of the housing.