Two-purpose device of hand and hair dryers

Claim 1

A combination hair and hand dryer device comprising a portable hand-held electric hair dryer and a cabinet for mounting the hair dryer on a wall or the like so as to convert same to a hand dryer, the cabinet comprising a base part with a base wall, side arms extending from the base wall, and a top cover, the cabinet further comprising a front part having side walls, a front wall with a vent, and internal means for releasably securing the hair dryer therein in a position to blow heated air through the vent, the cabinet still further comprising pivot means connecting the side walls to the side arms for swinging the front part between open and closed positions relative to the base part, for insertion and removal or the hair dryer in the open position and operation of the device as a hand dryer in the closed position, and catch means on the front part and base part for releasably retaining the front part in the closed position.