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1. A portable clothesline system (100) for helping to dry garments, said system (100) consisting of:
(a) a first vertical bar (110) and a second vertical bar (210), the vertical bars (110, 210) are oriented in a vertical manner and positioned parallel to each other, each vertical bar (110, 210) has a top end (111) and a bottom end (112), wherein threads (180) are disposed on both the top end (111) and bottom end (112) of both vertical bars (110, 210); (b) a first horizontal bar (120) disposed at the top end (111) of the first vertical bar (110) and a second horizontal bar (220) disposed at the top end (111) of the second vertical bar (210), threads (180) are disposed in bottom surfaces (122) of the horizontal bars (120, 220), wherein the threads (180) of the top end (111) of the first vertical bar (110) engage the threads of the first horizontal bar (120) to attach the first vertical bar (110) to the first horizontal bar (120), and the threads (180) of the top end (111) of the second vertical bar (210) engage the threads of the second horizontal bar (220) to attach the second vertical bar (210) to the second horizontal bar (220), wherein a plurality of slots (150) is disposed in top surfaces (121) of the horizontal bars (120, 220), a perforation (152) is disposed at a base area of each slot (150); (c) a first base (130) disposed at the bottom end (112) of the first vertical bar (110) and a second base (230) disposed at the bottom end (112) of the second vertical bar (210), threads (180) are disposed in top surfaces (131) of the bases (130, 230), wherein the threads (180) of the bottom end (112) of the first vertical bar (110) engage the threads of the first base (130) to attach the first vertical bar (110) to the first base (130), and the threads (180) of the bottom end (112) of the second vertical bar (210) engage the threads of the second base (230) to attach the second vertical bar (210) to the second base (230), the bases (130, 230) are tapered such that bottom surfaces (132) of the bases (130, 230) are wider than the top surfaces (131) of the bases (130, 230); and (d) a wire (160) extending from the first horizontal bar (120) to the second horizontal bar (220), the wire is attached to the perforation (152) of one of the slots (150) in the first horizontal bar (120) and to the perforation (152) of one of the slots (150) in the second horizontal bar (220), the perforations (152) help secure the wire (160) in the slots (150);wherein the wire (160) is attached by tying a first end (161) in one of the slots (150) in the first horizontal bar (120), the wire (160) is strung across to the second horizontal bar (220) and fed through the slot (150) opposite the slot to which the wire was tied, the wire is wrapped around and fed through an adjacent slot in the second horizontal bar (220), and strung across to a corresponding slot in first horizontal bar (120), wherein stringing of the wire continues until the last slot (150) where a second end (162) of the wire (160) is tied to the first horizontal bar (120). |
