Title: Apparatus for sorting clothes

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1. In combination with an apparatus for sorting and storing clothes which is removably disposed within the compartment of a clothes hamper, wherein the improved apparatus comprises:

an adjustable central-support stand positioned within said compartment of said hamper, said central-support stand includes a central telescoping support post, means for adjusting the height of said telescoping support post, wherein said telescoping support post is affixed to an adjustable base member and means for securing said support post to said base member;

a plurality of bags equally arranged and juxtapositioned within said hamper, and removably secured therein; and

means for removably securing said bags in said hamper;

wherein said means for removably securing said bags in said hamper comprises a plurality of eye hooks mounted to said hamper and said central telescoping support post, whereby the end of each bag is removably secured thereto said base member comprising a first elongated leg member and a second leg member secured to said first leg member intermediate the ends thereof and at right angles thereto, forming a substantially cross-configuration therewith.

2. An apparatus for sorting and storing clothes as recited in claim 1, wherein said central telescoping support post comprises:

an elongated sleeve affixed at the lower end thereof to said base member; and

a support rod having a bore disposed therein, said rod being telescopically received within said elongated sleeve.

3. An apparatus for sorting and storing clothes as recited in claim 2, wherein said means for adjusting the height of said telescoping support post comprises:

a plurality of vertically-aligned holes disposed in said support rod; and

a thumb screw received in said elongated sleeve and one of said holes in said rod.

4. An apparatus for sorting and storing clothes as recited in claim 3, wherein each of said bags includes a draw string slidably disposed within a passage formed about the peripheral opening of said bag, whereby said bag can be closed when removed from said hamper.

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Inventors: Jones, Charlotte B.

Application Number: 546310
Filing Date: 1975-02-03
Publication_date: 1976-12-07
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 312/211 209/937, 232/24, 248/95
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

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Other Refs: 602,478

Apr, 1933	DD

Primary Examiner: Gilliam, Paul R.
Assistant Examiner: Sakran, Victor N.
Attorney: