US2007050951A1PendingUtilityA1

Towel holders

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: May 9, 2003Filed: May 9, 2003Published: Mar 8, 2007
Est. expiryMay 9, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Diana Simmons
A47K 10/025Y10T24/1312
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a towel holder device for maintaining towels in place, keeping them from falling off of a rack or sink countertop. The device comprises an elongated strip of solid material with two ends. The strip is formed to create an enclosure space for holding a towel, with the towel in a desired shape. The two ends are spaced apart and face each other. The strip is formed of a material that has a flexing ability sufficient to enable the two ends to be separated enough to expand the enclosure space to enable the towel to fit into and out of the space without resistance from the strip. The flexing ability enables the strip to return to its original shape, holding the towel with a friction fit to prevent movement of the towel. The strip is capable of providing any of a number of changeable decorative appearances.

Claims

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1 . A towel holder device for maintaining towels in place in an orderly array, the device comprising: 
 an elongated strip of solid material having two ends, the strip formed into a desired peripheral shape encircling an enclosure space with the two ends adjacent to each other to form a towel holder for encircling and maintaining a towel therein within the enclosure space with the towel in a desired shape formed by the peripheral shape of the towel holder encircling at least one portion of the towel, the two ends spaced apart and facing each other, the strip formed of at least one flexible material so that the two ends are separable by a sufficient amount to expand the enclosure space into a first open position to receive at least one side of a folded towel to fit into and out of the enclosure space without resistance from the strip and so that the two ends are releasable to allow the strip to return to its original shape maintaining the towel within the enclosure space with a friction fit to prevent movement of the towel with the towel hanging over a towel rack or placed on a sink countertop, the towel holder configured with an outer surface to match a decorative look of the towel, the towel holder being replaceable by other towel holders with different differently configured peripheral shapes and outer surfaces to provide any of a number of changeable decorative appearances.    
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the strip is covered with a covering material having a quality to match the towel and an environment in which the towel is placed.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the covering material is formed of a high friction material capable of assisting to assist in maintaining the towel within the strip.  
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the covering material is fabricated of variously colored and imprinted cloth formed into a sleeve around the strip.  
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the covering material capable of receiving has a visual image thereon.  
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 5  wherein the visual image is imprinted on the covering material.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 5  wherein the visual image is on an element attachable to the covering material.  
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the strip is fabricated of a material having a desired appearance to match the towel and an environment in which the towel is placed.  
   
   
       9 . The device of  claim 8  wherein the strip is fabricated by molding a colored synthetic material.  
   
   
       10 . The device of  claim 8  wherein the strip is fabricated by casting a desired metal to form the strip.  
   
   
       11 . The device of  claim 8  wherein the strip is fabricated by bending a desired metal to form the strip.  
   
   
       12 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the strip has a visual image thereon.  
   
   
       13 . The device of  claim 12  wherein the visual image is imprinted on the strip.  
   
   
       14 . The device of  claim 12  wherein the strip is formed by a molding process and the visual image is formed on the strip in the molding process.  
   
   
       15 . The device of  claim 12  wherein the strip is formed by a casting process and the visual image is formed on the strip in the casting process.  
   
   
       16 . The device of  claim 12  wherein the visual image is on an element attachable to the strip.  
   
   
       17 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the strip is formed to create an enclosure of any desired shape.

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