IP Library Granted Patent US 7,152,279
Granted Patent B2
US 7,152,279 · App. 09/900,923 · Granted Dec 26, 2006

Towel attachment device

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Patent No.
US 7,152,279
App. No.
09/900,923
Granted
Dec 26, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for releasably attaching a towel to clothing of a user. The device includes a towel having an eyelet passing therethrough and a clasp for extending through the eyelet and releasably connecting with an article of clothing of a user. The towel may be removed from engagement with the clasp for cleaning when desired. The attachment of the device to the clothing of the user allows a towel to be readily available to the user for drying the user or cleaning an object.

Claims (4)

1. A towel attachment device comprising:

a) a first material member having a rectangular shape with first, second, third and fourth sides, wherein said first material member includes an eyelet extending through said first material member positioned adjacent to a first corner of said first member between first and second sides of said first material member;

b) a carabiner having a C-shaped member and a latch pivotally connected to said C-shaped member wherein said latch is moveable from a first open position to a second closed position, and upon said latch being in said first open position, said C-shaped member passes through said eyelet and further through a recess in an article of clothing of a user thereby securing said towel to the article of clothing; and

c) a second material member smaller than said first material member having a rectangular shape located at a corner of said first material member diagonally opposite said first corner and connected along a first edge thereof to said first material member, said first edge being parallel to and approximately equi-spaced between said first and third sides of said first material member wherein said second material member is pivotable about said connection to move towards and away from said first material member, and said first edge of said second material member extending from the fourth side of said first material member, wherein said first and second material members form a club cloth for selectively cleaning an object therebetween and, wherein said second material member is further connected to said first member along a second edge thereof adjacent to said first edge not along a side of said first material member so that unattached edges of said second material member are aligned with said third and fourth sides of said first material member, thereby forming a flap with two adjacent sides attached to said first material member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 1999
From: DENNY, GEORGE STEVEN; HUGHES, GERALD DEAN; KENNEDY, MICHAEL BRUCE; NGUYEN, KHIET QUANG
To: IBM CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 0937061600 · Aug 7, 1999
Related Publication 20010037542A1 · Nov 8, 2001