Humidifying device

Claim 1

IN A HUMIDIFIER HAVING A CUP SHAPED WATER RESERVOIR, HORIZONTAL WALL DISPOSED OVER THE RESERVOIR AND DEFINING LOCKING OPENINGS THEREIN, PUMP MEANS FOR LIFTING WATER FROM THE RESERVOIR AND PROPELLING IT OUTWARDLY BELOW THE WALL, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A HUMIDIFYING ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE WALL INTO THE RESERVOIR INCLUDING A PLIANT POROUS RECTANGULAR SKIRT, A STRENGTHENING ELEMENT MOLDED ALONG THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID SKIRT AND ADAPTED FOR COOPERATING WITH THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE HORIZONTAL WALL TO FORM A RELATIVELY AIR-TIGHT SEAL, FASTENING MEANS PROJECTING FROM SAID STRENGTHENING ELEMENT AND POSITIONED TO PASS THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE HORIZONTAL WALL TO LOCK SAID SKIRT THERETO, SAID FASTENING MEANS POSITIONED SO THAT SAID SKIRT FORMS A CYLINDRICAL SHAPE WITH THE ENDS THEREOF IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP, A CLOSING RIB MOLDED TO SAID SKIRT AND PROJECTING AWAY THEREFROM, SAID RIB POSITIONED ON THE OVERLAPPED SECTION OF SAID SKIRT AND SHAPED TO ABUT AGAINST THE RESERVOIR WHEREBY THE HUMIDIFYING ELEMENT ASSUMES A CYLINDRICAL SHAPE WITH THE UPPER EDGE AGAINST THE HORIZONTAL WALL AND THE SIDE OF THE CYLINDRICAL ELEMENT HELD CLOSED.