Patent ID: 7421804

Claim:
A device for attaching an exhaust channel to a clothes dryer from the front of the clothes dryer without moving the dryer away from a wall comprising: (a) the device including a dryer bracket and a vent pipe bracket for attachment of the exhaust channel to the dryer; (b) the dryer bracket attaching to the back of the dryer; (c) the dryer bracket having a bracket collar for insertion into a dryer collar within the dryer when dryer bracket is attached to the clothes dryer; (d) the vent pipe bracket attaching to the dryer bracket; (e) the exhaust channel attaching to the vent pipe bracket; (f) the dryer bracket and the vent pipe bracket cooperating to attach the exhaust channel to the clothes dryer; (g) the dryer bracket having a channel attaching to a housing base of the dryer bracket; (h) at least two vent rails on an edge of the vent pipe bracket fitting within the channel for releasable joining the vent pipe bracket thereby securing the vent pipe bracket to the dryer bracket; (i) the dryer bracket having first vertical side rail and a second vertical side rail oppositely disposed therefrom forming a tapered housing; (j) the vent pipe bracket and the dryer bracket being releasably joinable; (k) the vent pipe bracket consisting of two oppositely disposed vent rails and a vent base; (l) the edge of the vent pipe bracket fitting within the channel being a bottom edge of the vent pipe bracket; (m) the device being attachable between the clothes dryer and the exhaust channel; and (n) the device requiring substantially less exhaust hose to attach the dryer to the exhaust channel.