Elongate Body Drying Towel

Abstract

The invention constitutes a towel for the drying of the human body. The towel includes an elongate strip of moisture-absorbent cloth having reinforced edges and further having a ratio of a length-to-width of between about 8:1 and about 12:1, the strip of cloth having a first end and a second end, each end having a void space sufficient in area to facilitate engagement of the ends by respective hands of a user. The towel is between about 40 and about 72 inches in length.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A towel for drying of the human body, the towel comprising:
 an elongate strip of a moisture-absorbent cloth having reinforcing edges and further having a ratio of length-to-width of between about 8:1 and about 12:1, said strip having a first end and a second end, each end having proximally thereto hand engagement void spaces.   
     
     
         2 . The towel as recited in  claim 1 , in which a width of each of said void spaces define a range of about 50 to about 70 percent of a width of said strip of cloth. 
     
     
         3 . The towel as recited in  claim 2 , in which a length of said void spaces each define a dimension about equal to said width thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The towel as recited in  claim 2 , in which areas of said cloth at and about said void spaces include reinforcements provided about edges of each space. 
     
     
         5 . The towel as recited in  claim 2 , in which a width dimension of each space exceeds a length dimension thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The towel as recited in  claim 2 , in which a length of said strip defines a range of about 40 to about 72 inches. 
     
     
         7 . The towel as recited in  claim 4 , in which said reinforcements comprise stitching patterns. 
     
     
         8 . The towel as recited in  claim 2 , in which one side of said strip comprises a material having a greater degree of roughness on one side than the other side of said strip. 
     
     
         9 . The towel as recited in  claim 6 , in which said reinforcements comprise stitching patterns. 
     
     
         10 . The towel as recited in  claim 5 , in which areas of said cloth at and about said void spaces include reinforcements provided about edges of each space. 
     
     
         11 . The towel as recited in  claim 6 , in which outer edges of each of said void spaces define a curved or arcuate geometry. 
     
     
         12 . The towel as recited in  claim 6 , in which outermost edges of each of said spaces include an elongate deformably resilient element secured into said strip at outermost edges of each void space. 
     
     
         13 . The towel as recited in  claim 12 , in which deformably resilient elements are provided upon both the upper and lower surfaces of the towel along said outermost edges of each void space thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The towel as recited in  claim 12 , in which said material of each deformable resilient element defines a diameter of between 0.5 and 1.0 inches. 
     
     
         15 . The towel as recited in  claim 2 , in which there is provided a stitching pattern between each end of said strip of material and each outermost edge of each of said void spaces.