Towel and mounting method and means

A removable towel means for mounting on the clothing, accessories or the like of a user comprising in combination:

• (a) a support member comprising a thin flat plate member made of solid material and formed into a U-shaped clip having a bight portion and converging legs in side view adapted to be mounted on said clothing, accessories or the like of said user against removal by manual forces exerted thereon in outward and downward directions only;
• (b) a gripping means rigidly affixed to the exterior surface of one of said legs of said support member and including a fabric backing strip having a plurality of exposed flexible hooking elements on the free side thereof projecting from said support member when said support member is mounted on the clothing, accessories or the like of the user,
• (c) a length of toweling having side and end edges including an integral packet formed therein, and
• (d) a receiver means rigidly affixed to said length of toweling and including a fabric backing strip having a plurality of flexible loop elements on the free side thereof adapted to receive and hold said plurality of flexible hooking elements of said gripping means when applied thereto under manual pressure, said gripping means being adapted to be disengaged from said receiving means by manual pulling in outward and downward direction,
• (e) wherein a gripping means including a plurality of projecting flexible hooking elements is affixed to one interior surface of said integral pocket adjacent the opening thereof and a receiving means including a plurality of flexible loop elements adapted to receive said hooking elements is affixed to the other interior surface of said integral pocket in opposition to said gripping means.