PORTABLE AND MANUAL CLOTHES WRINGING SYSTEM

Abstract

A portable and manual clothes wringing system utilizes a wringer roll apparatus configured to retain wet clothes in a rolled up wringer fabric and has loops extending from the ends to receive rods for twisting and wringing water from wet clothes. The wringer roll apparatus enables a manual method of wringing water from clothes by twisting a first end rod extended through the first end loops with respect to the second end rod configured through the second end loops. The wringer fabric may be a microcloth made of microfibers. The wet clothes may contact the inside and outside surface of the wringer fabric when rolled in the wringer roll to more effectively wring water from the wet clothes.

Claims

1. A clothes wringing system comprising: a wringer roll apparatus comprising: a wringer roll comprising: a wringer fabric comprising: a first end; a second end; a length axis extending from the first end to the second end; a first side; a second side; an inside surface; and an outside surface; two or more first end loops extending from the first end; two or more second end loops extending from the second end; wherein wet clothes are configured to be retained within the wringer roll on the wringer fabric rolled from said first side to said second side; a first end rod configured through the first end loops; a second end rod configured through the second end loops; and wherein the wringing roll is configured to be twisted by twisting the first end rod by hand with respect to the second end rod to wring water from the wet clothes.

2. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the wringer fabric is microcloth.

3. The clothes wringing system of claim 2, wherein the wringer roll apparatus is made of woven fibers, wherein the woven fibers have diameters of 10 micrometers or less.

4. The clothes wringing system of claim 3, wherein the woven fibers comprise polyester.

5. The clothes wringing system of claim 3, wherein the woven fibers comprise polyamide.

6. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the wringer fabric is rectangular in shape; wherein the first end is substantially parallel within 20 degrees to the second end; and wherein the first side is substantially parallel within 20 degrees to the second side.

7. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, comprising four or more first end loops and four or more second end loops.

8. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the first end rod has first end sleeves.

9. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the second end rod has second end sleeves.

10. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the wringer fabric is a suede microcloth.

11. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the wringer fabric has a length from a first end to a second end of 0.50 m or more.

12. The clothes wringing system of claim 11, wherein the wringer fabric has a width from a first side to a second side of 0.50 m or more.

13. The clothes wringing system of claim 12, wherein the length is 1.25 times or more the width of the wringer fabric.

14. The clothes wringing system of claim 12, wherein the length is 1.50 times or more the width of the wringer fabric.

15. The clothes wringing system of claim 12, wherein the first end rod and the second end rod each have a length of 0.25 m or more.

16. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the wringer fabric has a width from a first side to a second side of 0.50 m or more.

17. The clothes wringing system of claim 16, wherein the first end rod and the second end rod each have a length of 0.25 m or more.

18. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the first end rod extends from a first end to second end and has a first end rod sleeve on both the first end and second end of the first end rod.

19. The clothes wringing system of claim 18, wherein the second end rod extends from a first end to second end and has a second end rod sleeve on both the first end and second end of the second end rod.

20. The clothes wringing system of claim 1, wherein the second end rod extends from a first end to second end and has a second end rod sleeve on both the first end and second end of the second end rod.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.

[0028] FIG. 1 shows a top view of a clothes wringing system in an unrolled state on a ground surface and comprising a wringer roll apparatus having a wringing fabric with end loops extended from a first and second end, and end rods configured to extend through the end loops to enable twisting the wringer roll apparatus to wring water from clothes configured therein.

[0029] FIG. 2 shows a top view of a clothes wringing system of FIG. 1 in an unrolled state with clothes laying thereon the wringer fabric portion of the wringer roll apparatus.

[0030] FIG. 3 shows a top view of the clothes wringing system of FIG. 2 being rolled from a first side to a second side.

[0031] FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the clothes wringing system of FIGS. 2 and 3 now rolled into a wringer roll, having the clothes configured within the wringer roll.

[0032] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the clothes wringing system of FIGS. 2 to 4 in a rolled state with the first end rod configured through the first end loops extending from the first end of the wringer roll apparatus and the second end rod configured through the second end loops extending from the second end of the wringer roll apparatus.

[0033] FIG. 6 shows a front perspective view of the clothes wringing system being used to wring water from the clothes configured in the wringer roll shown in FIG. 5, wherein the first end rod is being twisted by hand while the second end rod is being retained by the person standing on the second end rod; single person operation.

[0034] FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of two people wringing water from wet clothes using an exemplary wringer roll apparatus by twisting the end rods in opposing directions.

[0035] FIG. 8 shows a top view of the wringer roll apparatus unrolled after wringing water from the wet clothes to produce dried clothes.

[0036] Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the figures. The figures represent an illustration of some of the embodiments of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention in any manner. Further, the figures are not necessarily to scale, some features may be exaggerated to show details of particular components. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATED EMBODIMENTS

[0037] As used herein, the terms comprises, comprising, includes, including, has, having or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Also, use of a or an are employed to describe elements and components described herein. This is done merely for convenience and to give a general sense of the scope of the invention. This description should be read to include one or at least one and the singular also includes the plural unless it is obvious that it is meant otherwise.

[0038] Certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described herein and are illustrated in the accompanying figures. The embodiments described are only for purposes of illustrating the present invention and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention. Other embodiments of the invention, and certain modifications, combinations, and improvements of the described embodiments, will occur to those skilled in the art and all such alternate embodiments, combinations, modifications, improvements are within the scope of the present invention.

[0039] As shown in FIG. 1, an exemplary clothes wringing system 10 has a wringer roll apparatus 20 that includes a wringer fabric 22 and first end loops 34, 34, 34, 34 extending from the first end 30 of the wringer fabric and second end loops, 44, 44, 44, 44 extending from the second end 40 of the wringer fabric. The clothes wringing system also includes a first end rod 36 and a second end rod 46, wherein the first end rod is configured for insertion through the first end loops and the second end rod is configured for insertion through the second end loops to enable the first end rod to be twisted to wring water from clothes retained in the wringer fabric when in a rolled up configuration. The first and/or second end rod may have sleeves configured over the ends that may act as handles or may provide increased retention for retain the rod in place by standing thereon.

[0040] The wringer fabric 22 has a length 52 from the first end 30 to the second end 40, and the first end may be configured substantially parallel to second end 40, or within about 20 degrees of parallel and preferably within about 10 degrees of parallel. The wringer fabric 22 has a width 32 from a first side 50 to a second side 60, and the first side and second sides may be substantially parallel, or within about 20 degrees of parallel and preferably within about 10 degrees of parallel. The sides may be substantially perpendicular to the ends, again within about 20 degrees of perpendicular and preferably within about 10 degrees of perpendicular. The wringer fabric may be rectangular in shape, as shown to enable uniform rolling thickness of the wringer fabric when rolled from the first side 50 to the second side 60. As shown in FIG. 1, the wringer roll apparatus 20 is a rectangle, and therefore the first end and second end are substantially equal in length and the first side and second side are substantially equal in length.

[0041] A length axis 27 extends from the second end 40 to the first end 30, parallel to the first side 50 and the second side 60. The wringer roll apparatus has an inside surface 24 and an outside surface (not shown in FIG. 1), opposite the inside surface.

[0042] As shown in FIG. 1, the first end rod 36 has first end rod sleeves 38, 38 on the first end 37 and the second end 39 of the first end rod, respectively. Likewise, the second end rod 46 has second end rod sleeves 48, 48 on the first end 47 and second end 49 of the second end rod 46, respectively.

[0043] As shown in FIG. 2, the clothes wringing system 10 is configured on a flat surface 77, or ground surface 72, such as a floor, porch, deck, patio, or the like. The clothes wringing system 10 is configured on the flat surface 77 or ground surface 72 whereby the outside surface (not shown in FIG. 2) contacts the ground surface 72 and whereby the inside surface 24 faces away from the ground surface 72. Wet clothes 70 are configured on the inside surface and are spread out in a uniform distribution to avoid large bulging of the wringer roll. As shown a few shirts, a few pairs of pants and socks are laid out flat on the inside surface 24 of the wringer fabric.

[0044] As shown in FIG. 3, the wringing roll apparatus 20 is being rolled from the first side 50 to the second side 60 along the flat surface 77. The wringing roll apparatus is rolled whereby the wet clothes 70 contact the inside surface 24 and the outside surface 26 of the wringer fabric 22, which increases absorption of water into the wringer fabric and improves wringing effectiveness.

[0045] As shown in FIG. 4, the wet clothes (not shown in FIG. 4) are completely enclosed within the wringer roll 28. As shown, the wringer roll 28 is rolled into a jelly roll. In this configuration, the outside surface 26 is visible, but the inside surface is not visible. The length of the wringer roll extends along the length axis 27 of the wringer roll apparatus.

[0046] As shown in FIG. 5, a first end rod 36 is configured through the first end loops 34 and a second end rod 46 is configured through the second end loops 44. First end rod sleeves 38, 38 are configured over the first end 37 and second end 39 of the first end rod 36, respectively. Second end rod sleeves 48, 48 are configured over the first end 47 and second end 49 of the second end rod 46, respectively. The wringer roll apparatus 20 is now configured to wring water from the clothes retained within the wringer roll 28. As shown in FIG. 5 the first end rod has an end rod length 35. The first end rod and second end rods may have the same length.

[0047] As shown in FIG. 6, the wringer roll apparatus 20 of the clothes wringing system 10 is being used to wring water 16 from the wet clothes retained within the wringer roll 28. The user 76 is gripping, by hand 75, the first end rod 36 by the first end rod sleeves 38, 38 and is twisting the wringer roll 28 in a rotational direction 80, as indicated by the bold curved arrow. The rotation is generally about the length axis 27 of the wringer fabric 22 or wringer roll 28. The user 76 is using their feet 79, 79 to retain the second end rod 46. The user is standing on each of the extended ends of the second end rod. A user's first foot 79 is standing and pressing down on the first end of the second end rod 46 and the user's second foot 79 is standing and pressing down on the second end of the second end rod, as indicated by the bold arrows. In this configuration, the wringer roll 28 extends vertically up from the ground surface 72 and is twisted to produce a pressure on the wet clothes to force the water out of the wet clothes. The wringing fabric wicks the water away from the wet clothes during this process and the water 16 drains down the outside of the wringer roll 28 and down onto the ground surface 72.

[0048] As shown in FIG. 7 a wringer roll apparatus 20 is being manually twisted by two user 76, 76, or people. A first user 76 is holding the first end rod 36 and is twisting the wringer roll 28 in a first rotational direction 80 and the second user 76 is holding the second end rod 46 and is twisting the wringer roll in a second rotational direction 82, opposite the first rotational direction 80. Water 16 is being wrung out of the wet clothes retained within the wringer roll 28.

[0049] After an effective amount of wringing by twisting the wringing roll, the wringing roll can be unrolled as shown in FIG. 8. The first end rod 36 and second end rods 46 may be pulled out of the first end loops 34 and second end loops 44, respectively. As shown in FIG. 8, the dried clothes 74 are laying on the inside surface 24 of the wringer fabric 22.

[0050] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope of the invention. Specific embodiments, features and elements described herein may be modified, and/or combined in any suitable manner. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications, combinations and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.