Hair dryer with selective telescopic adjusting means

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A HAIR DRYER COMPRISING: MEANS FOR PRODUCING A FLOW OF HEATED AIR; A RIGID HOOD ARRANGED TO BE POSITIONED ABOUT THE HEAD OF A USER AND HAVING MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING HEATED AIR TO THE HEAD; HEATED AIR DUCT MEANS FOR DIRECTING HEATED AIR FROM SAID PRODUCING MEANS TO SAID HOOD INCLUDING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY UPWARDLY EXTENDING TELESCOPING TUBULAR DUCTS; SAID DUCTS BEING MANUALLY SELECTIVELY EXTENSIBLE AND CONTRACTIBLE ON A COMMON AXIS WHICH IS DISPOSED AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE VERTICAL; SAID HOOD BEING CARRIED BY THE UPPER DUCT OF SAID PAIR OF DUCTS WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF SAID HOOD AND SAID UPPER DUCT TENDS TO PIVOT SAID UPPER DUCT ON A LINE AT ONE OF ITS SIDES ON AND ABOUT AN UPPER SIDE EDGE OF THE LOWER DUCT OF SAID PAIR, WHEREBY A LOWER EDGE AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID UPPER DUCT IS FORCED TOWARD A SIDE OF SAID LOWER DUCT OPPOSITE SAID UPPER SIDE EDGE; AND AN ELONGATED FORMATION OF RESILIENT MATERIAL SECURED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID LAST MENTIONED SIDE OF SAID LOWER DUCT IN POSITION TO BE FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED BY SAID LOWER EDGE WHEREBY SAID DUCTS ARE MAINTAINED IN ANY RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL POSITION TO WHICH THEY ARE SELECTIVELY ADJUSTED.