Towel-holder combination for use in outdoor sports
OwnerNicholas E. Lamonakis, Daniel G. Sweeneyinventors
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Abstract
A towel and towel holder combination for outdoor use in sports provides the user with a dry towel in spite of falling rain and water impinging against the holder includes a substantially upright towel holder that is closed at the top and open at the bottom and provides a protected space within for containing a towel to which there is access through the open end, the towel being attached to the holder and contained in the protected space, the holder being made of flexible water repelling material and the towel being water absorbent material on the inside of the holder so that when it is turned inside-out, the towel is exposed for use.
Claims3
In a towel and towel holder combination for providing a towel that is protected by a holder from falling rain including a towel, a towel holder having a top end and a bottom end, said towel holder defining a space between said top and bottom ends thereof that is protected from falling rain, means for attaching said towel thereto, so that said towel is contained within said defined space and there is an access opening to said space at said bottom end, the improvement comprising,
- said towel holder having an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein
- said outside surface is water repellant and
- said inside surface is comprised of water absorbing material,
- whereby said towel holder turned inside-out can be used as a towel.
A towel comprising,
- a generally tubular shaped hollow body having two ends and formed of flexible material and so defining an inside surface and an outside surface,
- said tubular shape being substantially closed at one end and substantially open at the other end,
- said outside surface being substantially water repelling and
- said inside surface being substantially water absorbing,
- whereby said inside surface is protected from water impinging against said outside surface and
- said water absorbing surface serves as a towel when said tubular shaped body is turned inside-out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.