Patent ID: 7913419

Claim:
A laundry drying pedestal supporting a laundry appliance in an elevated position and for drying a laundry article, the drying pedestal comprising: a cabinet supporting a laundry appliance thereupon, the cabinet having a width and a height, which is less than the width, and defining an open face providing access to an interior of the cabinet; a drawer supporting a laundry article to be dried, the drawer being slidably mounted to the cabinet for movement between an opened and closed position, and having a drawer front closing the open face when the drawer is in the closed position; a non-tumble drying chamber defined at least partially by the drawer; an air supply blower contained entirely within the cabinet to provide air to the non-tumble drying chamber to dry the laundry article supported by the drawer; and a heating blower contained entirely within the cabinet and coupled to the air supply blower to heat the air supplied by the air supply system; wherein the drying pedestal supports the laundry appliance while being separable from and independently operated from the laundry appliance; and wherein the air is circulated entirely within the non-tumble drying chamber independently of the laundry appliance to dry tile laundry article supported by, the drawer.