Portable hair care tool caddy

Abstract

A hair care tool caddy supports at least a hair dryer, a flat iron and multiple curling irons. A base supports a plurality of receptacles and each receptacle is dimensioned to receive one of the hair care tools. The base and receptacles are formed of wire-frame having more open than closed surface area. At least one pair of electrical cord storage hooks is associated with each receptacle for holding the electrical cord of each of the respective hair care tools.

1 . A hair care tool caddy comprising: 
 a base for stabilizing the caddy on a generally horizontal surface, and    plural receptacles dimensioned to receive at least partway therein plural hair care tools, at least one of the receptacles being configured as a wire-frame that is defined by more open than closed surface area, at least one of said wire-frame receptacles including on a side thereof one or more hooks configured to wrap an electrical cord of a hair care tool receivable therein.    
   
   
       2 . The caddy of  claim 1 , wherein said base includes dual spaced-apart support members having bottom edges and top edges, the top edges being hinged together near an apex of said caddy, said support members being configured for variable spacing therebetween by relative hinge-pivotal movement of said bottom edges of said support members.  
   
   
       3 . The caddy of  claim 1 , wherein each of said plural receptacles is configured as a wire-frame that is defined by more open than closed surface area.  
   
   
       4 . The caddy of  claim 1 , wherein some of said plural receptacles are of a different size relative to other said receptacles.  
   
   
       5 . The caddy of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said plural receptacles is generally oval in cross section and wherein at least one other of said plural receptacles is generally circular in cross section.  
   
   
       6 . The caddy of  claim 1 , wherein said base and each of said plural receptacles is configured as a wire-frame that is defined by more open than closed surface area, and wherein said wire-frame is substantially covered by a shock-absorbing outer jacket.  
   
   
       7 . The caddy of  claim 1 , wherein said plural receptacles number at least three.  
   
   
       8 . The caddy of  claim 7 , wherein said plural receptacles number four or more and wherein at least one of said plural receptacles is generally oval in cross section and wherein at least another of said plural receptacles is generally circular in cross section.  
   
   
       9 . The caddy of  claim 8 , wherein said base and each of said plural receptacles is configured as a wire-frame that is defined by more open than closed surface area, and wherein said wire-frame is substantially covered by a shock-absorbing outer jacket.  
   
   
       10 . The caddy of  claim 9 , wherein said base includes dual spaced-apart wire-frame support members having bottom edges and top edges, the top edges being hinged together near an apex of said caddy, said support members being configured for variable spacing therebetween by relative hinge-pivotal movement of said bottom edges of said wire-frame support members.  
   
   
       11 . The caddy of  claim 10  which further comprises: 
 one or more wall-mount tabs affixed to the base near the top edges of a front one of the dual spaced-apart wire-frame support members.    
   
   
       12 . The caddy of  claim 11 , wherein said plural wire-frame receptacles each include plural spaced-apart horizontally oriented vertically aligned wire loop members joined to one another by one or more vertically oriented wire support members.  
   
   
       13 . The caddy of  claim 12 , wherein said wire loop members and said vertically oriented wire support members are generally circular in cross section and are solid.  
   
   
       14 . The caddy of  claim 12 , wherein a ratio between the open surface area to the closed surface area of said wire-frame base and said plural wire-frame receptacles is greater than approximately 90 percent.  
   
   
       15 . A hair care tool caddy comprising: 
 a base having a face frame with vertically aligned plural spaced-apart horizontally elongate parallel members and a frame stand for providing rearward support to the face frame pivotally attached to the face frame at an apex;    plural receptacles circumferentially and vertically defined by plural wire loop members connected to the face frame;    plural stanchions connected to said plural receptacles at substantially diametrically opposed positions on the plural wire loop members relative to the face frame, wherein each said stanchion is associated with a respective one of said plural receptacles;    plural electrical cord storage hooks attached to said stanchions, wherein at least a pair of said electrical cord storage hooks is associated with a respective one of said plural stanchions such that each pair is oppositely positioned along the vertical axis of each respective one of said plural stanchions;    a means for pivoting the frame stand away from the face frame of said base for stabilizing the caddy on a generally horizontal surface;    at least a pair of oppositely positioned wall-mount tabs affixed to said base along the horizontal axis of the most upper positioned horizontally elongate parallel member; and,    wherein each of said plural receptacles is dimensioned to receive a hair care tool at least partway therein such that the heated barrel end of the hair care tool is prevented from passing completely through each of said plural receptacles and such that the electrical cord of each of the hair care tools is wrapped about said respective pairs of said plural electrical cord storage hooks.    
   
   
       16 . The caddy of  claim 15 , wherein said base, said plural receptacles, said plural stanchions, and said plural electrical cord storage hooks are configured as a skeletal wire-frame that is defined by more open than closed surface area.  
   
   
       17 . The caddy of  claim 16 , wherein some of said plural receptacles are of a different size relative to other said receptacles.  
   
   
       18 . The caddy of  claim 16 , wherein said means for pivoting is at least a pair of hinges oppositely positioned along the horizontal axis of said apex.  
   
   
       19 . The caddy of  claim 15 , wherein at least one of said plural receptacles is generally oval in cross section and wherein at least one other of said plural receptacles is generally circular in cross section.  
   
   
       20 . The caddy of  claim 15 , wherein said base and each of the wire loop members of each of said plural receptacles is substantially covered by a shock-absorbing outer jacket.