Towel

Abstract

A towel for direct, removable attachment to a rod includes at least one hole defined in the towel material and includes a slit for connecting the hole with a peripheral edge. The slit enables the towel to be attached to a towel rod by pressing the rod through the slit into the hole. The towel may include multiple holes with respective slits that either connect a hole to a peripheral edge of the towel or to another hole. With this construction, more than one hole may be attached to a rod so as to distribute the weight of the towel or to provide better balance on the rod. Another material may surround each hole to provide durability during use and washing.

1 . A towel for direct attachment to a rod, said towel comprising a first material having a perimeter, defining a hole, and defining a slit that connects said hole to an area void of material, whereby said rod may pass through said slit to be located in said hole.  
   
   
       2 . The towel of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 a second material borders said hole; and    said slit passes through said second material to connect said hole to said area void of material.    
   
   
       3 . The towel of  claim 2 , wherein said area void of material is outside said perimeter.  
   
   
       4 . The towel of  claim 2 , wherein said area void of material is another hole defined by said first material.  
   
   
       5 . The towel of  claim 2 , wherein said second material is a resilient material.  
   
   
       6 . The towel of  claim 1 , wherein said hole is adjacent a top side of said first material.  
   
   
       7 . The towel of  claim 1 , wherein said hole is generally round.  
   
   
       8 . The towel of  claim 1 , wherein at least one side of said hole is generally straight to be complementary to a squared said rod.  
   
   
       9 . The towel of  claim 1 , wherein said area void of material is outside said perimeter.  
   
   
       10 . The towel of  claim 1 , wherein said area void of material is another hole defined by said first material.  
   
   
       11 . A towel for being removably attached to a rod, said towel comprising a first material having a perimeter and defining a plurality of holes, said first material defining a first slit that connects a first said hole to a second said hole, whereby said rod may pass through said first slit to be located in said first and second holes.  
   
   
       12 . The towel of  claim 11 , wherein said first material defines a second slit that connects a third said hole to an area outside said perimeter, whereby said rod may pass through said second slit to be located in said third hole.  
   
   
       13 . The towel of  claim 12 , wherein a second material borders said first material adjacent said first, second, and third holes.  
   
   
       14 . The towel of  claim 13 , wherein said second material is a durable high temperature plastic.  
   
   
       15 . The towel of  claim 12 , wherein: 
 said first, second, and third holes present first, second, and third contact points, respectively; and    said first, second, and third contact points are points along an imaginary straight line.    
   
   
       16 . The towel of  claim 15 , wherein said first, second, and third holes are generally round.  
   
   
       17 . The towel of  claim 15 , wherein said first, second, and third holes present top sides that are generally straight to be complementary to a squared said rod.  
   
   
       18 . The towel of  claim 12 , wherein: 
 said first material defines a third slit that connects a fourth said hole to an area outside said perimeter, whereby said rod may pass through said third slit to be located in said fourth hole;    said first and second holes are located between said third and fourth holes;    said first, second, third, and fourth holes present first, second, third, and fourth contact points, respectively;    said first, second, third, and fourth contact points are points along an imaginary straight line; and    said first, second, third, and fourth contact points are spaced generally equidistantly along said imaginary straight line.    
   
   
       19 . The towel of  claim 18 , wherein said first, second, third, and fourth holes are adjacent a top side of said first material.  
   
   
       20 . The towel of  claim 19 , wherein a second material borders said first material adjacent said first, second, third, and fourth holes.