Patent ID: 8453852

Claim:
A wet clothing drying system attached to a wall for drying two or more pieces of wet clothing comprising a folding clothes drying rack fixed to the wall surface comprising: a) a horizontal wall mounting top bar attached directly to the wall having a pair of spaced apart wall spacers of a thickness such that the bar or bar plus the wall spacers is thick enough that when the rack is folded against the wall, it lays essentially flat; b) first rectangular rack comprising: i. a pair of vertical rod holders each having a top end and a bottom end, positioned for holding clothes drying rods in parallel spaced relationship; ii. a plurality of clothes drying rods positioned between the rod holders such spaced to allow the hanging of the wet clothing; and iii. a hinge for attaching each of the top end of the vertical rod holders to the wall spacers or top bar; c) a second rectangular rack comprising: i. a pair of vertical rod holders each having a top end and a bottom end, positioned for holding clothes drying rods in parallel spaced relationship; ii. a plurality of clothes drying rods positioned between the rod holders such spaced to allow the hanging of wet clothing; and iii. a hinge for attaching each of the top end of the vertical rod holders to the bottom end of the respective first rectangular rack vertical rod holders; d) wherein the rack has a closed position wherein the second rack is folded underneath the first rack and up against the wall; and e) wherein the rack has an open position wherein the second rack is folded downward below the first rack such that the bottom end of the second rack bottom ends are against the wall forming a mountain fold against the wall at an angle from about 25 to about 150 degrees such that the horizontal rods are spaced apart such that they allow the wet clothing to dry without touching other wet clothing on the rack.