Patent ID: 7627960

Claim:
A plurality of dryer bumps for a substantially cylindrical dryer drum of a clothes dryer, the dryer drum comprising an outer wall defining a radially outer surface, a radially inner surface, and a plurality of apertures extending through the outer wall between the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface, each said dryer bump comprising: a unitary member coupled to the dryer drum of the clothes dryer, said unitary member comprising: a hemispherical contact portion contacting the inner surface of the dryer drum and extending into a drum cavity and proximate another dryer bump of said plurality of dryer bumps; a hemispherical attachment portion contacting the outer surface and extending radially outward from the outer surface; and a cylindrical solid body positioned within a corresponding aperture of the plurality of apertures and extending through the outer wall, said solid body coupling said contact portion to said attachment portion to form said unitary member.