Hooked towel rod and method
View Patent ↗A method for hanging a towel on a towel rod. The method includes folding the towel such that opposing width edges of the towel hangs downwards towards a floor and such that a first towel portion of the towel is turned over to face a second towel portion of the towel, a bent section being defined between the first towel portion and the second towel portion. The method further includes holding a right and a left length edge of the towel and turning the right and the left length edge of the towel upwards away from the floor and positioning the right and the left length edge of the towel over a right and a left side portion of the towel rod. The method enables an intermediate portion of the towel to be suspended on the towel rod, extending across an empty space without any contact with the towel rod.
1. A method for hanging a towel for drying the towel, the method comprising:
using a towel rod, the towel rod including:
an elongated first portion positionable at an elevation to the floor and defining a first end and a second end, the second end being opposed to the first end;
a second portion and a third portion, the second portion extending from the first end and the third portion extending from the second end, each of the second portion and the third portion being oriented at an angle to the elongated first portion, an empty space devoid of any structures is in part defined therebetween by the elongated first portion, the second portion, and the third portion;
a fourth portion and a fifth portion, the fourth portion extending from the second portion and the fifth portion extending from the third portion, wherein
the fourth portion and the fifth portion are directed oppositely to face away from each other and are each curved upwards to form in a direction opposite from the floor, wherein the elongated first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the fourth portion, and the fifth portion, are integrally and continuously formed from a single cylindrical rod;
folding the towel such that opposing edges of the towel hangs downwards towards the floor and such that a first towel section of the towel is turned over to face a second towel section of the towel, a bent section being defined between the first towel section and the second towel section;
holding a right length edge and a left length edge of the towel defined across the bent section;
turning the right length edge and the left length edge upwards away from the floor with respect to an intermediate portion of the towel; and
positioning portions of the right length edge and the left length edge over the fourth portion and the fifth portion of the towel rod such that the towel is suspended on the towel rod with the intermediate portion extending across the empty space without contact with the towel rod.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the towel is suspended in a hyperbolic paraboloid state on the towel rod.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein positioning portions of the right length edge and the left length edge over the fourth portion and the fifth portion of the towel rod enables the towel to be suspended in a hyperbolic paraboloid state on the towel rod.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the towel is made to rest with one side of the towel being bent over downwards towards the floor along the width of the towel to face itself, and other side of the towel being bent over upwards away from the floor near the right length edge and the left length edge of the towel, along the length of the towel to face itself.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising hanging a woven fabric on the elongated first portion of the towel rod such that segments of the woven fabric are turned towards each other about the elongated first portion and the segments of the woven fabric are, at least in part, disposed outwardly of the first towel section of the towel and the second towel section of the towel,
wherein the towel and the woven fabric are stored on the towel rod significantly apart from one another to allow air flow between corresponding surfaces of the towel and the woven fabric.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the elongated first portion, the fourth portion, and the fifth portion, are disposed to extend along a common plane.
7. The method of claim 1 , further including one or more spacer mounts to attach onto a stationary object and provide a gap between the stationary object and the elongated first portion.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the elongated first portion is relatively longer compared to other portions of the towel rod; and wherein a distance between the elongated first portion and the fourth portion is equal to a distance between the elongated first portion and the fifth portion.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein
a length of the elongated first portion is at least 6 inches and no more than 26 inches;
a length of the fourth portion is at least 2 inches and no more than 10 inches;
a length of the fourth portion is at least ½ inches and no more than 6 inches lower than the elongated first portion; and
a length of the fifth portion is at least 2 inches and no more than 10 inches.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fourth portion and the fifth portion are each curved upwards in a direction outwardly of the towel rod.