# US 2013/0156980 A1 · Flat textile article with magnet in edge

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- Number: US 2013/0156980 A1
- Document ID: US20130156980A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/626,217
- Filed: 2012-09-25
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-19
- Inventors: Vincenzo BONANNO; Daniel GRECO-AHMADIYAN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130156980A1

## CPC

- A47K 10/02: Towels (paper towels A47K10/16)
- Y10T 428/1328: Shrinkable or shrunk [e.g., due to heat, solvent, volatile agent, restraint removal, etc.]
- Y10T 428/1334: Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag [e.g., pouch, envelope, packet, etc.]
- Y10T 428/239: Complete cover or casing
- Y10T 428/24008: including fastener for attaching to external surface
- Y10T 428/24198: Channel-shaped edge component [e.g., binding, etc.]
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An article has a panel of textile having an outer edge formed with a cutout. A permanent magnet is held in the cutout between a pair of flaps of a flexible material significantly more durable than the textile of the panel. The flaps flank the magnet, close the cutout, and overlapping the panel around the cutout. These flaps are secured by stitching or the like to the panel around the cutout to form the flaps into a pocket containing the magnet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An article comprising:
a panel of textile having an outer edge formed with a cutout;
a permanent magnet in the cutout;
a pair of flaps of a flexible material significantly more durable than the textile of the panel flanking the magnet, closing the cutout, and overlapping the panel around the cutout; and
means securing the flaps to the panel around the cutout to form the flaps into a pocket containing the magnet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The article defined in claim 1, wherein the flaps are unitarily joined at a fold that runs along the edge of the textile panel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The article defined in claim 2 wherein the cutout is outwardly open at the edge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The article defined in claim 1, wherein the magnet is parallepipedal and has four edges and two opposite faces, the magnet being polarized oppositely at the faces.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The article defined in claim 1, further comprising:
a shrink sleeve surrounding the magnet and lying between the magnet and the flaps.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The article defined in claim 5, wherein the magnet is elongated and the shrink sleeve is longer than the magnet so as to cover ends of the magnet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The article defined in claim 1, wherein the flaps are a woven aramid textile.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The article defined in claim 1, wherein the magnet is of neodymium.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The article defined in claim 1, wherein the panel has two opposite ends each formed with one of the cutouts in which a respective magnet is held by a respective pair of flaps.

### Claim 10

A hand towel comprising:
an elongated rectangular and absorbent textile panel having a short end formed with an outwardly open cutout;
a tab of a textile more durable than the textile of the panel and having a pair of flaps joined at a center fold line, each flap covering a respective side of the cutout and engaging a respective face of the panel with the fold line extending along an edge of the panel;
a permanent magnet in the cutout between the flaps;
a heat-shrunk sleeve surrounding the magnet between the flaps; and
stitching securing each of the flaps to the respective face of the panel around the cutout.