US 12,304,436 B2
Vehicle drying system
David L. Beaver, IV, Westminster, CO (US)
Assigned to ApexIP, LLC, Westminster, CO (US)
Filed by ApexIP, LLC, Westminster, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/951,609.
Application 18/951,609 is a continuation of application No. 18/595,171, filed on Mar. 4, 2024, granted, now 12,145,545.
Application 18/595,171 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/945,413, filed on Jul. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,919,488, issued on Mar. 5, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/881,072, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074365 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60S 3/00 (2006.01); A01G 20/47 (2018.01)
CPC B60S 3/002 (2013.01) [A01G 20/47 (2018.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for use in drying a vehicle and configured to mate with a tubular air outlet of a cordless hand-held blower, comprising:
a non-flexible tubular body having first end and a second end spaced from the first end, the non-flexible tubular body defining a longitudinal axis extending between the first end of the non-flexible tubular body and the second end of the non-flexible tubular body, the non-flexible tubular body having:
a first body section extending from the first end of the non-flexible tubular body toward the second end of the non-flexible tubular body, the first body section having a first end and a second end;
a second body section having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second body section in fluid communication with the second end of the first body section, the second body section having a cross-sectional shape that decreases in diameter from the first end to the second end;
a third body section extending from the second body section toward the second end of the non-flexible tubular body, the third body section having a first end and a second end, the third body section in fluid communication with the second body section; and
a fourth body section extending from the third body section toward the second end of the non-flexible tubular body, the fourth body section having a first end and a second end, the fourth body section in fluid communication with the third body section, the second end of the fourth body section defining the second end of the non-flexible tubular body.