Hair dryer

Claim 1

A DRYER FOR RAPIDLY DRYING WET HAIR, SAID DRYER COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE PANEL OF ABSORBENT SPONGEOUS MATERIAL, SAID PANEL HAVING A PLURALITY OF AIR PASSAGES FORMED THERETHROUGH TO FACILIATE CIRCULATION OF AIR THROUGH SAID PANEL, SAID PANEL BEING ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SURFACETO-SURFACE CONTACTING RELATION WITH LOCKS OF WET HAIR AND TO ABSORB WATER FROM THE LOCKS WHEREBY AIR PASSING THROUGH SAID AIR PASSAGES WILL CAUSE THE WATER ABSORBED BY SAID PANEL AND DISPOSED ABOUT SAID AIR PASSAGES TO BE EVAPORATED THEREBY ENABLING FURTHER WATER TO BE ABSORBED BY SAID PANEL AND MOVE THERETHROUGH TOWARD SAID AIR PASSAGES BY CAPILLARY ACTION AND THEREAFTER BE EVAPORATED, SAID AIR PASSAGES BEING SPACED UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF SAID PANEL AND EACH BEING OF A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN THE INHERENT PORES IN SAID SPONGEOUS PANEL, AND A STIFF BUT FLEXIBLE SCREEN-LIKE BACKING EMBEDDED IN SAID FLEXIBLE PANEL, EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE FULL PLAN AREA OF SAID PANEL, AND DIVIDING THE PANEL INTO TWO PLIES BETWEEN WHICH SAID BACKING IS SANDWICHED IN ORDER TO ADD BODY TO THE PANEL, WHEREBY WATER IN ONE PLY MAY MOVE THEREFROM THROUGH THE SCREEN-LIKE BACKING AND INTO THE OTHER PLY RESTING THEREAGAINST THROUGH THE VOIDS IN THE BACKING BY CAPILLARY ACTION.