CA1315977C - Disposable attachment for portable hair dryers for drying delicate items of wearing apparel - Google Patents
Disposable attachment for portable hair dryers for drying delicate items of wearing apparelInfo
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Abstract
DISPOSABLE ATTACHMENT FOR
PORTABLE HAIR DRYERS FOR DRYING
DELICATE ITEMS OF WEARING APPAREL
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An attachment for a hair dryer nozzle to dry damp items of apparel. The attachment is an inflatable elongate bag made of heat-resistant, flexible plastic material. The bag has an open and defining a mouth for receiving the nozzle and a closed end defining a pouch at the opposite end of the bag to hold items of apparel. A plurality of small openings or slits are formed in the material around the closed end of the bag. The openings are sized to allow a portion of the heated air to escape while retaining the apparel within the pouch. A strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material connected circumferentially along an interior surface of the bag adjacent the mouth detachably connects the bag to the nozzle. The mouth of the bag is sized greater than the size of the nozzle and the strip of adhesive material has a length less than the size of the nozzle to allow a portion of the air to escape from the bag around the nozzle.
PORTABLE HAIR DRYERS FOR DRYING
DELICATE ITEMS OF WEARING APPAREL
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An attachment for a hair dryer nozzle to dry damp items of apparel. The attachment is an inflatable elongate bag made of heat-resistant, flexible plastic material. The bag has an open and defining a mouth for receiving the nozzle and a closed end defining a pouch at the opposite end of the bag to hold items of apparel. A plurality of small openings or slits are formed in the material around the closed end of the bag. The openings are sized to allow a portion of the heated air to escape while retaining the apparel within the pouch. A strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material connected circumferentially along an interior surface of the bag adjacent the mouth detachably connects the bag to the nozzle. The mouth of the bag is sized greater than the size of the nozzle and the strip of adhesive material has a length less than the size of the nozzle to allow a portion of the air to escape from the bag around the nozzle.
Description
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DISPOSABLE ATTACHMENT FOR
PORTABLE HAIR DRYERS FOR DRYING
DELICATE ITEMS OF WEARING APPAREL
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to attachments for por~able hair dryers for drying other than hair, and specifically to a flexible, inflatable attachment into which can be placed delicate items of apparel, which can then be attached to a portable hair dryer for directing heated air through and around these apparel items for the purpose of drying them ln a short time.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Travelers, especially women, who spend extend0d periods staying in hotels and motels that seldom have laundry facilities, nevertheless find it desirable each evening to wash delicate items o clothing such as stoakings~ pantyhose, lingerie and the like. The main concern of such travelers is that these garments be dry when travel is resum~d. Since there are seldom drying facilities available, various subterfuges are resorted to, such as blowin~ the hot air from a hair dryer onto and through the garments as they are stretched out on the shower rod, blotking up most of the unwanted moisture between Turkish towels, hanging the garments in a doorway or in front of a window, or the like eforts. ~s anyone knows who has traveled extensively, ; ` 30 none of these ef~orts is completely satisfactory.
Although no one has apparently invented such a de~ice prior to the present invention, various efforts have been made to~evelop~satisfactory drying devices for~other purposes~, using~the heated air ~rom personal hair dryers or the~like. Waters et al, U.S. Patent 3,727,321 discloses an appliance with its own enclosed heater~and blower,~for~drying~wet hair. It includes a ! ' :
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flexible manifold containing the blower and dryer for circulating heated air through ducts in the manifold which direct the air onto and through the hair.
Baslow U.S. Patent 4,094,076 discloses a fixture to be attached to a portable hair dryer for directing heated air therefrom for the purpose of drying towels and other fabric articles draped over a perforated rod, through which the heated air is forced and from which the heated air passes through the fabric articles.
~ibino et al U.S. Patent 4,151,658 discloses a portable air heater and blower which is connected to an inflatable but porous bag which is placed between damp bed linens, for the purpose of drying said linens.
Sweetland U.S. Patent 2,122,964 discloses a dryer for blowing heated air over a medical cas~ newly molded onto a broken or otherwise injured body member.
Finally, Yamac U.S. Patent 4,524,263 discloses a trave]. iron which is heated by the hot air from a hair dryer temporarily attached thereto.
None of the foregoing disclosures reveals or suggests a perforated inflatable collapsible pouch attached to an air heater and blower, into which pouch or bay is placed delicate .items of wearing apparel, for the purpose o.~ drying said items by the heated air from the blower.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention is an apparatus and method fo.r drying damp items of apparel which includes a novel inflatable bag or pouch having a closed end into which are placed damp items of delicate wearing apparel such as stockings, pantyhose, lingerie and he like. The bag has an open end or mouth that is placed over the nozzle o~ an air heater and blower, such as a personal ~ -hair dryer or~the electric hand dryers sometimes found in public restrooms, and in hotel and motel rooms, ~:
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whereupon a s~ream of heated air inflates ~he pouch and is forced into and through the damp apparel, drying i~.
The bag ha~ a plurality of perforations in the clo~ed end portion to permit heated air to pass through the damp apparel, ra~her than ju~t blow over the surface.
Optionally, it can have a clo able opening in the end distant from the blower nozzle. The opening size of the open end can be adjustable, to con~rol the amo~nt of air flowing over and through the damp apparel. In the preferxed embodiment o the invention, a portion of ~he circumference o ~he mouth of the pouch 1s cemented or adhered to a portion o~ the external surface d the nozzle of the hair dryer. The material of the bag i5 fabricated preferably of a heat resistant material which will inflate when the air from the dryer i~
forced through it. It can be of plastic or a ~ynthetic or natural mash or any other sultable material, such a~
a heat-resistant MYL ~ film.
B~I~F DESCRIP~ION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 iq an isometric view of the invention in use, placed over the nozzle of a personal hair dryer.
FIG. 2 iq an isometric view of the inflatable pouch o~ the inve~tion.
FIG. 3 is an enlaxged view of one method of ; attaching the invention to a representative hair dryer.
FIG~ 4 i9 an enlarged v~ew of the preferred method of attaching the embodiment of the invention to a represen~ative hair dryer.
FIG. S i8 an improved versio~ of the embodiment of Fig. 4.
FIG. 6 is cross-sectional view of the bag mouth and nozzle taken along lines 6-6 in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the bag of FIG. 5.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the end portion taken along lines 8-8 in FIG. 7.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
FIG. 1 discloses one embodiment of the invention 10, including an inflatable bag 12, with loops 14 attached to the mouth 24 thereof for fastening the bag temporarily to a nozzle of a personal hair dryer or ~ other source of heated blown air 16. Damp items of ; delicate apparel 18 are inserted into an end portion of the bag 12 remote from the mouth 24, where heated air from the dryer 16 is forced therethrough and over them, evaporating the moisture therefrom and expelling it through opening 20, small openings or perfora~ions 22, and mouth opening 24. The opening 20 can have an adjustment means 26, e.g., rubber bands of different appropriate sizes or diameters, or an adjustable O-ring, to vary the size of the opening 20, so that adjustment can be made to accommodate for the relative sizes of the bag mouth 24 and the blower nozzle, and for different aapacity blowers. Openings 22 are small relative to the size o the clothing and are uniformly spaced around the end portion of the bag so that air can pass through as well as around the clothes. The number, size and spacing of openings 22 is determined by the volume of air to be passed therethrough, which in turn is determined b~ the size of the bag 12 and the ~uantity of items to be dried therein. The ratio of the size of the mouth 24 of the bag to the size of ~he blower nozzle will determine how much air escapes through the opening 24. This also can be compensated for by adjustment means 26.
The ties 14 can be long enough~to accommodate diferent sizes an;d configurations of personal hair dryers. Another mode of use would be to fasten the bag ; 12 over the nozzle of the hot air blowers to be found in many public washrooms and in some hotel and motel ! . : : ~
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The material o the pouch could be the aforementioned MY~AR~or other flexible film material that i8 perforated to form openings 22, or a me~h bag of ~uitable materialO ~he primary con~ideration i8 that it not be flammable or deformable from the temperature of the heated air from the blower.
The fa~tening means 14 could simply be flexible ties which can be tied around the handle or other convenient part of the ~ryer a~ shown, or they could have plastic or metal snaps in the ends thereof.
In the pr~ferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 4-8, the ties 14 are replaced by an adhesive material 31 applied to a portion o~ the circumference of the mouth 24 of the pouch 12, which would stick to a portion 30 of the outside of the mouth of the nozzle of the source 16 of heated air. This adhesive material 31 can be covered by a peel-o~f covering 32 to prevent it from adhering to inappropriate sur~aces until it is desired to use the pouch 12 in acaordance with the disalosure ~ herein. The adhesive material should be of a type ; which does not become permanent with heat, or change siyni~icantly during the time it is u~ed for the purposes described.
As shown in FIGS~ 5-8, the preferred form of bag lOA is tubular, formed by a narrow elongate sheet of polymeric film folded about~midway between lt~ end~ and interconnected along two ~used edge seams 36J The ends remain unconnect~ed to foxm the mou~h opening 24 of t~e bag and ~he fold forms the closed end. As 3hown ~n FI~S. 5 and 7,~ the ends of the polymerlc strip are slightly offset lengthwise SQ that the mouth of the bag includes a tab 34 formed in~one half of the bag and ~ 35 thereby extending halfway around the circumference of -` the bag. The adhesive~strip i~ applied widthwi~ o~
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this tab and covered with a peel-off covering strip as described above. The end portion of the bag opposite the mouth is perforated by 3/8 to 3/4 inch slits oriented lengthwise and arranged in regular widthwise rows to form openings 22. As shown in FIG. 8, one row of slits extend across the closed end of the bag.
Optionally, the slits can be formed in the polymeric strip before forming the bag.
The invention as shown and described would be extremely economical to fahricate and manufacture, so much so that it would make a very attractive give-away item for hotels, motels, and other organizations involvecl in the travel industry. Small packages of them could be sold at low cost in stores for the convenience of travelers.
The terms ancl expressions which have been employed in the foregoing specifications are used therein as terms of description, and not as terms of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding equivalents of the features shown and described, or portions thereof, it being reaognized that the scope of the invention is defined and limited only by the claims which follow.
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DISPOSABLE ATTACHMENT FOR
PORTABLE HAIR DRYERS FOR DRYING
DELICATE ITEMS OF WEARING APPAREL
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to attachments for por~able hair dryers for drying other than hair, and specifically to a flexible, inflatable attachment into which can be placed delicate items of apparel, which can then be attached to a portable hair dryer for directing heated air through and around these apparel items for the purpose of drying them ln a short time.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Travelers, especially women, who spend extend0d periods staying in hotels and motels that seldom have laundry facilities, nevertheless find it desirable each evening to wash delicate items o clothing such as stoakings~ pantyhose, lingerie and the like. The main concern of such travelers is that these garments be dry when travel is resum~d. Since there are seldom drying facilities available, various subterfuges are resorted to, such as blowin~ the hot air from a hair dryer onto and through the garments as they are stretched out on the shower rod, blotking up most of the unwanted moisture between Turkish towels, hanging the garments in a doorway or in front of a window, or the like eforts. ~s anyone knows who has traveled extensively, ; ` 30 none of these ef~orts is completely satisfactory.
Although no one has apparently invented such a de~ice prior to the present invention, various efforts have been made to~evelop~satisfactory drying devices for~other purposes~, using~the heated air ~rom personal hair dryers or the~like. Waters et al, U.S. Patent 3,727,321 discloses an appliance with its own enclosed heater~and blower,~for~drying~wet hair. It includes a ! ' :
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flexible manifold containing the blower and dryer for circulating heated air through ducts in the manifold which direct the air onto and through the hair.
Baslow U.S. Patent 4,094,076 discloses a fixture to be attached to a portable hair dryer for directing heated air therefrom for the purpose of drying towels and other fabric articles draped over a perforated rod, through which the heated air is forced and from which the heated air passes through the fabric articles.
~ibino et al U.S. Patent 4,151,658 discloses a portable air heater and blower which is connected to an inflatable but porous bag which is placed between damp bed linens, for the purpose of drying said linens.
Sweetland U.S. Patent 2,122,964 discloses a dryer for blowing heated air over a medical cas~ newly molded onto a broken or otherwise injured body member.
Finally, Yamac U.S. Patent 4,524,263 discloses a trave]. iron which is heated by the hot air from a hair dryer temporarily attached thereto.
None of the foregoing disclosures reveals or suggests a perforated inflatable collapsible pouch attached to an air heater and blower, into which pouch or bay is placed delicate .items of wearing apparel, for the purpose o.~ drying said items by the heated air from the blower.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention is an apparatus and method fo.r drying damp items of apparel which includes a novel inflatable bag or pouch having a closed end into which are placed damp items of delicate wearing apparel such as stockings, pantyhose, lingerie and he like. The bag has an open end or mouth that is placed over the nozzle o~ an air heater and blower, such as a personal ~ -hair dryer or~the electric hand dryers sometimes found in public restrooms, and in hotel and motel rooms, ~:
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whereupon a s~ream of heated air inflates ~he pouch and is forced into and through the damp apparel, drying i~.
The bag ha~ a plurality of perforations in the clo~ed end portion to permit heated air to pass through the damp apparel, ra~her than ju~t blow over the surface.
Optionally, it can have a clo able opening in the end distant from the blower nozzle. The opening size of the open end can be adjustable, to con~rol the amo~nt of air flowing over and through the damp apparel. In the preferxed embodiment o the invention, a portion of ~he circumference o ~he mouth of the pouch 1s cemented or adhered to a portion o~ the external surface d the nozzle of the hair dryer. The material of the bag i5 fabricated preferably of a heat resistant material which will inflate when the air from the dryer i~
forced through it. It can be of plastic or a ~ynthetic or natural mash or any other sultable material, such a~
a heat-resistant MYL ~ film.
B~I~F DESCRIP~ION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 iq an isometric view of the invention in use, placed over the nozzle of a personal hair dryer.
FIG. 2 iq an isometric view of the inflatable pouch o~ the inve~tion.
FIG. 3 is an enlaxged view of one method of ; attaching the invention to a representative hair dryer.
FIG~ 4 i9 an enlarged v~ew of the preferred method of attaching the embodiment of the invention to a represen~ative hair dryer.
FIG. S i8 an improved versio~ of the embodiment of Fig. 4.
FIG. 6 is cross-sectional view of the bag mouth and nozzle taken along lines 6-6 in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the bag of FIG. 5.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the end portion taken along lines 8-8 in FIG. 7.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
FIG. 1 discloses one embodiment of the invention 10, including an inflatable bag 12, with loops 14 attached to the mouth 24 thereof for fastening the bag temporarily to a nozzle of a personal hair dryer or ~ other source of heated blown air 16. Damp items of ; delicate apparel 18 are inserted into an end portion of the bag 12 remote from the mouth 24, where heated air from the dryer 16 is forced therethrough and over them, evaporating the moisture therefrom and expelling it through opening 20, small openings or perfora~ions 22, and mouth opening 24. The opening 20 can have an adjustment means 26, e.g., rubber bands of different appropriate sizes or diameters, or an adjustable O-ring, to vary the size of the opening 20, so that adjustment can be made to accommodate for the relative sizes of the bag mouth 24 and the blower nozzle, and for different aapacity blowers. Openings 22 are small relative to the size o the clothing and are uniformly spaced around the end portion of the bag so that air can pass through as well as around the clothes. The number, size and spacing of openings 22 is determined by the volume of air to be passed therethrough, which in turn is determined b~ the size of the bag 12 and the ~uantity of items to be dried therein. The ratio of the size of the mouth 24 of the bag to the size of ~he blower nozzle will determine how much air escapes through the opening 24. This also can be compensated for by adjustment means 26.
The ties 14 can be long enough~to accommodate diferent sizes an;d configurations of personal hair dryers. Another mode of use would be to fasten the bag ; 12 over the nozzle of the hot air blowers to be found in many public washrooms and in some hotel and motel ! . : : ~
rooms. Thus, travelers who did not happen to have a : ~
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~3~977 personal hair dryer with them could stlll make use of the present invention in some circumstances.
The material o the pouch could be the aforementioned MY~AR~or other flexible film material that i8 perforated to form openings 22, or a me~h bag of ~uitable materialO ~he primary con~ideration i8 that it not be flammable or deformable from the temperature of the heated air from the blower.
The fa~tening means 14 could simply be flexible ties which can be tied around the handle or other convenient part of the ~ryer a~ shown, or they could have plastic or metal snaps in the ends thereof.
In the pr~ferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 4-8, the ties 14 are replaced by an adhesive material 31 applied to a portion o~ the circumference of the mouth 24 of the pouch 12, which would stick to a portion 30 of the outside of the mouth of the nozzle of the source 16 of heated air. This adhesive material 31 can be covered by a peel-o~f covering 32 to prevent it from adhering to inappropriate sur~aces until it is desired to use the pouch 12 in acaordance with the disalosure ~ herein. The adhesive material should be of a type ; which does not become permanent with heat, or change siyni~icantly during the time it is u~ed for the purposes described.
As shown in FIGS~ 5-8, the preferred form of bag lOA is tubular, formed by a narrow elongate sheet of polymeric film folded about~midway between lt~ end~ and interconnected along two ~used edge seams 36J The ends remain unconnect~ed to foxm the mou~h opening 24 of t~e bag and ~he fold forms the closed end. As 3hown ~n FI~S. 5 and 7,~ the ends of the polymerlc strip are slightly offset lengthwise SQ that the mouth of the bag includes a tab 34 formed in~one half of the bag and ~ 35 thereby extending halfway around the circumference of -` the bag. The adhesive~strip i~ applied widthwi~ o~
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this tab and covered with a peel-off covering strip as described above. The end portion of the bag opposite the mouth is perforated by 3/8 to 3/4 inch slits oriented lengthwise and arranged in regular widthwise rows to form openings 22. As shown in FIG. 8, one row of slits extend across the closed end of the bag.
Optionally, the slits can be formed in the polymeric strip before forming the bag.
The invention as shown and described would be extremely economical to fahricate and manufacture, so much so that it would make a very attractive give-away item for hotels, motels, and other organizations involvecl in the travel industry. Small packages of them could be sold at low cost in stores for the convenience of travelers.
The terms ancl expressions which have been employed in the foregoing specifications are used therein as terms of description, and not as terms of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding equivalents of the features shown and described, or portions thereof, it being reaognized that the scope of the invention is defined and limited only by the claims which follow.
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Claims (12)
1. An apparatus for drying damp items of apparel, comprising:
a hair dryer having a nozzle for emitting blown, heated air;
an inflatable elongate bag made of a heat-resistant flexible material, the bag having an open end defining a mouth located at one end of the bag, sized for receiving the items of apparel to be dried, and a closed end located at the end of the bag opposite said mouth, a plurality of small openings formed in the bag material adjacent the closed end of the bag, and sized to allow air to escape through the openings while retaining the apparel within the bag; and a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material extending along a portion of an interior surface of the bag material adjacent the mouth, detachably connecting the bag to an exterior surface of the nozzle, the nozzle being inserted into the mouth of the bag for directing the heated air toward the closed end to dry the apparel and the mouth of the bag being sized larger than the nozzle and open along one side of the nozzle to allow a portion of the air to escape from the bag around the nozzle.
a hair dryer having a nozzle for emitting blown, heated air;
an inflatable elongate bag made of a heat-resistant flexible material, the bag having an open end defining a mouth located at one end of the bag, sized for receiving the items of apparel to be dried, and a closed end located at the end of the bag opposite said mouth, a plurality of small openings formed in the bag material adjacent the closed end of the bag, and sized to allow air to escape through the openings while retaining the apparel within the bag; and a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material extending along a portion of an interior surface of the bag material adjacent the mouth, detachably connecting the bag to an exterior surface of the nozzle, the nozzle being inserted into the mouth of the bag for directing the heated air toward the closed end to dry the apparel and the mouth of the bag being sized larger than the nozzle and open along one side of the nozzle to allow a portion of the air to escape from the bag around the nozzle.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a protective strip of material removably connected to the interior surface of the bag over the adhesive strip, sized to cover the adhesive strip, for covering the strip when not in use.
3. An apparatus according to claim 2 in which the bag material is a plastic film.
4. An attachment for use in combination with a hair dryer to dry damp items of apparel, the hair dryer having a nozzle of a first circumferential size for emitting blown heated air, the attachment comprising:
an inflatable elongate bag made of heat-resistant, flexible material;
the bag having an open end defining a mouth for receiving the nozzle and a closed end defining a pouch at the opposite end of the bag to hold the items of apparel to be dried, a plurality of small openings in the material adjacent the closed end of the bag, sized to allow a portion of the heated air to escape while retaining the apparel within the pouch; and a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material connected circumferentially to the bag along an interior surface of the bag material adjacent the mouth for detachably connecting the bag to an exterior surface of the nozzle;
the mouth of the bag being sized to a second circumferential dimension greater than the size of the nozzle and the strip of adhesive material having a length less than the circumferential size of the nozzle for receiving the heated air through the mouth while allowing a selected portion of the air to escape from the bag around the nozzle.
an inflatable elongate bag made of heat-resistant, flexible material;
the bag having an open end defining a mouth for receiving the nozzle and a closed end defining a pouch at the opposite end of the bag to hold the items of apparel to be dried, a plurality of small openings in the material adjacent the closed end of the bag, sized to allow a portion of the heated air to escape while retaining the apparel within the pouch; and a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material connected circumferentially to the bag along an interior surface of the bag material adjacent the mouth for detachably connecting the bag to an exterior surface of the nozzle;
the mouth of the bag being sized to a second circumferential dimension greater than the size of the nozzle and the strip of adhesive material having a length less than the circumferential size of the nozzle for receiving the heated air through the mouth while allowing a selected portion of the air to escape from the bag around the nozzle.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4 in which the mouth of the bag includes an offset portion defining a lengthwise protruding tab, the strip of adhesive being positioned thereon.
6. An apparatus according to claim 4 in which the bag material is a heat resistant plastic film.
7. An apparatus according to claim 6 in which the small openings consist of a series of rows of slits.
8. A method of drying damp items of apparel using a hair dryer having a nozzle of a first circumferential size, the method comprising:
a. providing an attachment for the hair dryer including the steps of forming a flexible, elongate bag of heat-resistant material with an open end defining a mouth located at one end of the bag and a closed end defining a pouch at the opposite end of the bag;
sizing the mouth of the bag to a second circumferential size greater that the size of the nozzle for receiving the items of apparel to be dried;
forming a plurality of small openings in the material selectively in the closed end of the bag;
sizing said openings to allow air to escape while retaining the apparel within the pouch;
connecting a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material along an interior surface of the bag material circumferentially adjacent the mouth of the bag; and sizing the strip of adhesive material to a length less than the circumferential size of the nozzle;
b. inserting the damp items of apparel through the mouth into the bag;
c. positioning the mouth of the bag over the nozzle for receiving heated air through the mouth; and d. adhering the strip of adhesive material to a portion of the exterior surface of the nozzle to affix the bag material around a first portion of the mouth of the bag to the nozzle and to leave a second portion of the bag material detached from the nozzle to provide an opening alongside the nozzle.
a. providing an attachment for the hair dryer including the steps of forming a flexible, elongate bag of heat-resistant material with an open end defining a mouth located at one end of the bag and a closed end defining a pouch at the opposite end of the bag;
sizing the mouth of the bag to a second circumferential size greater that the size of the nozzle for receiving the items of apparel to be dried;
forming a plurality of small openings in the material selectively in the closed end of the bag;
sizing said openings to allow air to escape while retaining the apparel within the pouch;
connecting a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive material along an interior surface of the bag material circumferentially adjacent the mouth of the bag; and sizing the strip of adhesive material to a length less than the circumferential size of the nozzle;
b. inserting the damp items of apparel through the mouth into the bag;
c. positioning the mouth of the bag over the nozzle for receiving heated air through the mouth; and d. adhering the strip of adhesive material to a portion of the exterior surface of the nozzle to affix the bag material around a first portion of the mouth of the bag to the nozzle and to leave a second portion of the bag material detached from the nozzle to provide an opening alongside the nozzle.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:
activating the hair dryer so that heated air is blown through the nozzle into the bag;
releasing a portion of the heated air from the bag through the opening alongside the nozzle;
deactivating the hair dryer when the items of apparel are sufficiently dry;
peeling the adhesive strip off of the nozzle to separate the bag and the nozzle; and removing the items of apparel from the bag through the mouth.
activating the hair dryer so that heated air is blown through the nozzle into the bag;
releasing a portion of the heated air from the bag through the opening alongside the nozzle;
deactivating the hair dryer when the items of apparel are sufficiently dry;
peeling the adhesive strip off of the nozzle to separate the bag and the nozzle; and removing the items of apparel from the bag through the mouth.
10. The method of claim 8 in which the step of forming a flexible elongate bag includes folding an elongate plastic strip approximately midway between its ends and fusing lengthwise-extending edges thereof.
11. The method of claim 10 including offsetting the ends of the plastic strip so as to form a tab at the mouth of the bag and connecting the strip of adhesive material across the width of the tab.
12. The method of claim 10 in which the step of forming small openings includes perforating the plastic strip with a series of short slits.
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