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1. An apparatus for drying sporting equipment comprising:
at least two hangers each having a substantially triangular frame comprising a bottom and two sides meeting at an apex from which a hook extends, the hangers removably positionable in a spaced-apart configuration on a substantially horizontal hanger support, each hanger comprising one or more hanger protrusions and/or hanger apertures for hanging sporting equipment therefrom; a first set of four flexible connectors mounted on the at least two hangers; and, a first shelf having a rectangular outer frame comprising opposed outer frame length elements and outer frame width elements connected to the at least two hangers by the first set of four flexible connectors, each of the connectors of the first set of four flexible connectors passing horizontally through a corresponding horizontal shelf aperture located in the outer frame, the first shelf suspended below the at least two hangers when the at least two hangers are positioned on the horizontal hanger support, the first shelf consisting essentially of five interior through apertures having sizes through which sporting equipment may hang supported by the first shelf, the interior through apertures defined by structure consisting essentially of the outer frame and two substantially parallel longitudinal interior elements extending between the opposed outer frame width elements and two substantially parallel transverse interior frame elements extending between the two longitudinal interior elements, the outer frame and the interior frame elements providing support for the sporting equipment while permitting portions of the equipment to hang through the interior through apertures, an interior through aperture sized and configured to support a skate with the skate turned upside down with ankle support pointing down through the through aperture, the first shelf further comprising one or more L-shaped shelf clips for hanging sporting equipment thereon; a second set of four flexible connectors different from the first set of four flexible connectors, the second set of four flexible connectors mounted on the first shelf; and, a second shelf having a rectangular outer frame connected to the first shelf by the second set of four flexible connectors, each of the connectors of the second set of four flexible connectors passing horizontally through a corresponding horizontal shelf aperture located in the outer frame of the second shelf, the second shelf suspended below the first shelf. |
