Patent ID: 8225525

Claim:
A wetsuit drying and transportation apparatus comprising: a) a container having i) a wetsuit receiving interior, said interior having a top and bottom; said container having a front having a closeable opening to said wetsuit receiving interior and a back opposed to said front; ii) a cover to close off said opening; b) a first wetsuit support pivotably connected to said wetsuit receiving interior to pivot into and out of the wetsuit receiving interior; c) a second wetsuit support pivotably connected to said wetsuit receiving interior between said first wetsuit support and said wetsuit receiving interior to pivot into and out of the interior of said container; d) a wetsuit shoulder support having a central horizontal portion terminating in vertical projecting ends said wetsuit shoulder support connected to said wetsuit receiving interior or to said first wetsuit support to support the shoulders of a wet suit mounted thereon; e) a third wetsuit support pivotably connected to said first and second wetsuit support; f) said third wetsuit support having a slot open at one end and closed at the other end for receipt of a wetsuit through said open end for drying and transport; g) said apparatus having a pretransport drying mode and a transport mode; h) in said pretransport drying mode: 1) said first and second wetsuit supports pivoted out of the interior of said container; 2) said third support pivoted away from said first and second support; 3) a wetsuit mounted on said shoulder support so that said wetsuit shoulders are engaged by said support; 4) said wetsuit mounted in said slot; 5) said wetsuit extending across said first support; whereby said wetsuit is suspended above the ground by said apparatus; i) in said transport mode: 1) said first wetsuit support pivoted into said interior of said container; 2) said third wetsuit support pivoted into said interior of said container beside said first wetsuit support; 3) said second support pivoted into said interior of said container beside said third wetsuit support; whereby said wetsuit is folded into said interior of said container so that said wetsuit is suspended in said container for drying during transportation.