Patent ID: 7467481

Claim:
An apparatus for storing and conditioning boots having a foot portion and a leg portion, comprising, a base having a bottom wall and a housing connected to said bottom wall, said housing defining and surrounding a hollow interior of said base, said housing having an air inlet for the flow of air into said hollow interior of said base, and said housing having a central aperture for the exit of air from said base; a hollow primary support and duct tube having an open first end and an open second end, said primary tube connected at said first end to said housing in air flow communication with said central aperture in said housing and extending outwardly from said housing generally perpendicular to said bottom wall of said base; a blower unit disposed in said hollow interior of said base so as to draw air into said blower through said air inlet of said housing and expel air from said blower within said hollow interior of said base and into said primary tube upon activation of said blower unit; a heating unit disposed in said hollow interior of said base in air flow communication with said blower and said primary tube so as to heat air expelled from said blower into said primary tube upon activation of said heating unit; a boot carousel having a hollow hub with a side wall, an open first end and an open second end, said first end of said hub received over said second end of said primary tube in air flow communication with said primary tube, said hub having a plurality of apertures penetrating said side wall, a plurality of elongate hollow tubular spokes equal in number to said apertures, each of said spokes having an open first end and an open second end, and each of said spokes connected at said first end there of to said hub at a respective one of said apertures in air flow communication with said hub through said aperture, a plurality of generally U-shaped hollow tubular boot supports equal in number to said spokes, each having a first end and a second end and an aperture penetrating said boot support between said first and second ends, each said boot support connected to a respective one of said spokes in air flow communication therewith through said aperture of said boot support, each of said boot supports to receive and support a pair of boots with said open first end of said boot support disposed in the leg portion of one of the boots of the pair and with said open second end of said boot support disposed in the leg of the other of the boots such that air is expelled into each of the boots upon activation of said blower unit; and a cap, removably connected to said second end of said hub of said carousel for closing said second end of said hub against the flow of air therethrough upon activation of said blower unit.