Steamer Devices and Methods

Abstract

A steamer of the present disclosure has a frame with a vertical beam having a channel in a front face of the beam and a steaming device coupled to the channel and configured to go up and down emitting steam directed at a garment.

Claims

1. A steamer, comprising: a frame comprising a vertical beam having a channel in a front face of the beam; a steaming device coupled to the channel and configured to go up and down emitting steam directed at a garment.

2. The steamer of claim 1, wherein the frame comprises a first horizontal beam and a second horizontal beam and the vertical beam couples to the first horizontal beam and the second horizontal beam.

3. The steamer of claim 2, wherein the first horizontal beam and the second horizontal beam comprise fasteners to couple the first horizontal beam and the second horizontal beam to a wall.

4. The steamer of claim 2, wherein the first horizontal beam is configured to coupled to a door frame.

5. The steamer of claim 4, wherein the steaming device comprises a control box.

6. The steamer of claim 5, wherein the control box comprises a motor for moving the steaming device up and down in the channel.

7. The steamer of claim 5, wherein the steaming device comprises a steam delivery cone.

8. The steamer of claim 5, wherein the steam delivery cone delivers steam to a garment.

9. The steamer of claim 1, further comprising a hook for receiving a clothes hangar.

10. The steamer of claim 9, wherein the clothes hangar comprises a base section and a hook.

11. The steamer of claim 10, wherein angular sections couple the base section to the hook.

12. The steamer of claim 11, wherein the angular sections are retractable.

13. The steamer of claim 11, wherein the clothes hangar comprises an extending right vertical section and an extending left vertical section.

14. The steamer of claim wherein the extending right vertical section and the extending left vertical section are retractable.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0005] FIG. 1 is a side view of an exemplary steamer in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0006] FIG. 2 is a front view of the exemplary steamer such as is shown in FIG. 1.

[0007] FIG. 3 is an exemplary garment hanger used with the exemplary steamer such as is shown in FIG. 1.

[0008] FIG. 4 is a side view of the exemplary steamer such as is shown in FIG. 1 and including a garment that is being steamed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0009] The present disclosure is an exemplary steamer for use in a home or otherwise. Notably, the exemplary steamer may be used on any wall or on a door casing. The exemplary steamer comprises a frame that couples to the wall or hangs over a door frame casing. The frame comprises a top horizontal beam, a bottom horizontal beam, and a vertical beam that attaches at one end to the top horizontal beam and that attaches at an opposing end to the bottom horizontal beam.

[0010] To couple the steamer frame to the wall, the top horizontal beam may comprise a fastener or it may comprise a suction cup that attaches to the wall. Likewise, the bottom horizontal beam may comprise a fastener or it may comprise a suction sup that attaches to the wall.

[0011] The vertical beam is moveably coupled to a steaming device. In this regard, the vertical beam comprises a channel in a face of the vertical beam. The channel extends vertically from a top of the vertical beam to a bottom of the vertical beam. The steaming device couples to the channel.

[0012] Further, the steaming device comprises a motor and a steam head. When the steamer is receiving electric current, the motor activates, and the steaming device moves vertically within the channel to the top of the vertical member and to the bottom of the vertical member. As the steaming device traverses the channel, steam is released through the steam head.

[0013] The frame further has an extension pole. The extension pole is coupled to the top of the vertical member. The extension pole comprises a first vertical member that extends upward from the vertical beam, a horizontal member that extends away from the vertical beam, and a second horizontal member that extends downward. The end of second horizontal member is a loop for receiving a clothes hangar in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0014] The clothes hangar, which may be constructed of metal wire, comprises a hook. Further, the clothes hangar comprises a base section and two angular sections, which connect the base section to the hook. Extending downward on each side of the hangar are vertical sections. Note that the angular sections and the vertical sections are retractable. That is, the angular sections and the vertical sections may be extended or retracted based upon the clothing that is to be steamed.

[0015] As described, the hook of the clothes hangar is hung on the loop. Clothes are put over the clothes hangar. The steaming device is activated via plugging in the steamer or switching of a button. The steaming device moves vertically up and down steaming the clothes that are hung on the clothes hangar.

[0016] FIG. 1 is a side view of an exemplary steamer 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The steamer 100 comprises a pole 101 and a frame 104. The pole 101 is coupled to the frame 104.

[0017] The pole 101 comprises a horizontal beam 110 that couples to a top of the vertical beam 106. Further the pole 101 comprises a vertical beam 111 that couples the horizontal beam 110 to a horizontal beam 113. At the end of the horizontal beam is a loop 113. The loop 113 is configured for receiving a clothes hangar, which is described further herein. In one embodiment, the pole 101 is extendable and retractable along the horizontal beam 101 as indicated by reference arrow 120.

[0018] The frame 104 comprises a top horizontal beam 104 and a bottom horizontal beam 107. The top horizontal beam 104 and the bottom horizontal beam 107 are coupled together by a vertical beam 106.

[0019] Each of the top horizontal beam 104 and the bottom horizontal beam 107 comprise fasteners 108 and 109, respectively. The fasteners 108, 109 may include any type of fastener known in the art including screws or nails. In addition, the fasteners 108, 109 may be suction cups that retain the steamer 100 on a wall 116.

[0020] The vertical beam 106 is coupled to a steaming device 117. In this regard, the front face 118 of the vertical beam 106 comprises a channel (not shown). The steaming device 117 comprises a control box 102 and a steam delivery cone 115. Within the control box 102 is a motor (not shown) that drives the steaming device 117 up and down in the channel as indicated by reference arrow 119. As the steaming device 117 moves up and down in the channel, it produces steam 103 that is sprayed outwardly to contact clothes that are hanging on the clothes hangar.

[0021] In one embodiment, the steamer 100 receives power from a wall outlet 121. However, power may be provided to the steamer 100 in other ways in other embodiments.

[0022] FIG. 2 is a front view of the vertical pole 106 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The vertical pole 106 comprises a front face 118. In the front face 118 is a channel 201. The control box 102 (FIG. 1) couples to the channel 201.

[0023] In operation, the steam delivery cone 115 coupled to the control box 102 travels up and down in the channel 201, as indicated by reference numeral 200. As the steam delivery cone 115 moves up and down in the channel 201, clothes hanging on the clothes hangar 114 (FIG. 1) are steamed and dewrinkled.

[0024] FIG. 3 is an exemplary clothes hangar 114 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The clothes hangar 114, which may be constructed of metal wire, comprises a hook 300. Further, the clothes hangar 114 comprises a base section 306 and two angular sections 303 and 302, which connect the base section 306 to the hook 300. Extending downward on each side of the hangar are vertical sections 310 and 309.

[0025] Note that the angular sections 303 and 302 are retractable at retraction devices 305 and 304. Further, the vertical sections 310 and 309 are retractable at retraction devices 312 and 311. That is, the angular sections 303 and 302 and the vertical sections 312 and 311 may be extended or retracted based upon the clothing that is to be steamed.

[0026] Further note that the clothes hangar 114 further comprises clips 307 and 308. The clips 307 and 308 are configured to grasp a garment, e.g., pants, that do not necessarily go over angular sections 303 and 302.

[0027] As described, the hook 300 of the clothes hangar 114 is hung on the loop 113. Clothes are put over the clothes hangar 114. The steaming device 117 is activated via plugging in the steamer or switching of a button. The steaming device 117 moves vertically up and down steaming the clothes that are hung on the clothes hangar 114.

[0028] FIG. 4 is a side view of the steamer 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, a pair of pants 400 is placed atop the clothes hangar 114. The steaming device is activated. The steaming device 117 moves upward and downward thereby steaming the pants 400, as indicated by reference arrow 119.