Portable humidifier

Claim 1

A portable humidifier, in combination comprising a water container, case, and humidifying mechanism; said container being watertight and having a bottom wall and upstanding side walls and having means on the bottom wall adapted to rest on a supporting surface; said case having downwardly extended side walls defining an open bottom interior larger than the container and thereby being adapted to be vertically lowered to telescoping relation with the container for virtually hiding same or to be vertically lifted from the container, cooperating ledge means between the container and case operable for supporting the case on the container in the telescoped relation whereat the lower edges of the case side walls are disposed closely adjacent but spaced above the supporting surface, said ledge means including inwardly formed projections from the case side walls at intermediate locations spaced from the lower edges thereof which projections are adapted to overlie and butt against the top edge of the container side walls, said case further having spaced apart inlet and outlet openings communicating with the interior; and the humidifying mechanism being supported by the case and having fan means for moving air successively through the inlet and outlet openings and further having means exposed to the moving air between the inlet and outlet openings and having means extending into the water in the container wetting the air exposed means, and whereby said case is supported on the container and said humidifying mechanism is supported by the case and further whereby the case and the humidifying mechanism supported thereon can be readily separated from the container merely by lifting said case vertically from