Patent ID: 7219821

Claim:
A wet suit booty hanger for hanging a pair of wet suit booties, each booty having an ankle section with front and back walls and a foot section extendable perpendicular to the axis of the ankle section, the hanger comprising: an upstanding stem formed at its upper extremity with a hook; a grid work carried from the bottom of the stem and configured with a pair of booty posts projecting upwardly directly from the opposite sides of the stem and cooperating therewith to form respective upwardly opening, U-shaped crotches and including respective elongated ankle post sections projecting upwardly and outwardly at 45° to the vertical and respective foot post sections having respective axes angling upwardly and inwardly perpendicular to the axes of the respective ankle sections, the ankle post sections being constructed of parallel front and back ankle rails spaced laterally apart a distance sufficient to, when the respective booties are mounted thereon, project longitudinally along the respective front and back walls of the ankle sections of the respective booties to maintain the ankle sections of the respective booties distended, the booty foot sections being constructed of respective rails spaced laterally apart and projected upwardly and inwardly from the respective front and back ankle rails and converging together in respective triangular shapes for supporting the respective foot sections of the respective booties, the respective ankle and foot sections including laterally projecting cross ribs spaced longitudinally apart and cooperating with the respective rails to form ventilation openings whereby the respective booties may be fitted over the respective foot posts and the ankle portions thereof, slid down over the respective ankle posts portions to cause the ankle rails to maintain the front and back walls spaced apart and the foot portions of the booties oriented substantially perpendicuiar to the ankle portions of the respective booties to induce moisture from the booties to drain efficiently down and out of the respective booties with the openings between the rails and ribs free for air to circulate there through to induce drying.