US 5,419,477 AGranted

Waterproof retractable towel bag

AssigneePamela M. Verge

InventorRonald J. Verge

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Abstract

A towel protector includes a waterproof inverted bag provided with a suspension grommet for suspending the bag from a golf cart or the like. Another grommet in the wall of the bag allows passage of a towel suspension cord. The exterior part of the cord is provided with a spring loaded toggle abutting against the grommet. The pressing of a release button of the toggle allows free passage of the cord through the toggle and into the bag. The opening at a lower end of the bag is large enough to allow free movement of towels suspended at the end of the cord out of and back into the bag, as the toggle and the cord are manipulated by the user. The device presents an advantage over known towel protectors in that it is extremely simple in structure and convenient in use as the user does not have to reach into the protective bag to pull the towels out or otherwise manipulate the protecting cover. The towel protector is primarily intended for use as a golf towel protecting device.

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Dependent claims

A golf towel means protecting device comprising, in combination

(a) a container portion having walls made of a flaccid flexible water resistant sheet material;
(b) said container portion having the shape of an inverted bag including an enclosed upper portion and an opening at a lower end portion thereof;
(c) said upper portion including container portion suspension means for facilitating hanging of the container portion to suspend same at a predetermined location;
(d) said upper portion further including passage means in a wall of the container portion, the passage means communicating the interior of the container portion with the exterior thereof;
(e) a cord having opposite ends, said cord passing through said passage means and adapted to slide therethrough to the interior of said container portion, one of said opposite ends of said cord being located inside said container portion and adapted to be connected to a towel means, said container portion defining an interior chamber large enough to provide space between said walls and said towel means whereby said cord will slide through the grommet by the weight of the towel means when the container portion is suspended on said container portion suspension means, to thus provide a first section of the cord disposed exteriorly of the container portion, and a second section of the cord disposed interiorly of the container portion;
(f) section of the cord to block sliding movement of the cord through said passage means into the container portion in at least two blocked positions wherein the towel means is disposed inside or out of the container portion, respectively;
(g) said container portion having a length sufficient to entirely cover the towel means when the cord is in a fully retracted position in which the length of said second section of the cord is at its minimum;
(h) whereby the withdrawal of the towel means from the container portion and its placement back into the suspended container portion can be achieved solely by simultaneous manipulating said first section of the cord and said cord blocking means.

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A golf towel means protecting device comprising, in combination

(a) a container portion having walls made of a flaccid flexible water resistant sheet material;
(b) said container portion having the shape of an inverted bag including an enclosed upper portion and an opening at a lower end portion thereof;
(c) said upper portion including container portion suspension means for facilitating hanging of the bag to suspend same at a predetermined location;
(d) said upper portion further including a grommet in a wall of the container portion, the grommet communicating the interior of the container portion with the exterior thereof;
(e) a cord having opposite ends, said cord adapted to pass through said grommet and adapted to slide therethrough to the interior of said container portion, one of said opposite ends of said cord being located inside said container portion and adapted to be connected to a towel means, said container portion defining an interior chamber large enough to provide space between said walls and said towel means whereby said cord will slide through the grommet by the weight of the towel means when the container portion is suspended on said bag suspension means, to thus provide a first section of the cord disposed exteriorly of the container portion, and a second section of the cord disposed interiorly of the container portion;
(f) a cord stopping toggle comprising a body adapted to abut against an outer face of said grommet and selectively engageable with the first section of the cord to block sliding movement of the cord through said grommet into the container portion in an infinite number of blocked positions at which positions the towel means is disposed inside or out of the container portion, or at an intermediate position partly in an partly out of the container portion dependent on the location of the toggle with respect to said first section;
(g) said body defining a passage for sliding of said first section of the cord therethrough, spring loaded blocking means constricting the passage to block the sliding of said first section therethrough, and manually operable release means for temporarily releasing the blocking means to allow the sliding of the cord through the grommet and thus movement of the towel;
(h) said container portion having a length sufficient to entirely cover the towel means when the cord is in a fully retracted position in which the length of said second section of the cord is at its minimum;
(i) whereby the withdrawal of the towel means from the container portion and its placement back into the suspended container portion can be achieved solely by simultaneous manipulating said first section of the cord and said toggle.

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A golf towel means protecting device comprising, in combination

(a) a container portion having walls made of a flaccid flexible water resistant sheet material;
(b) said container portion having the shape of an inverted bag including an enclosed upper portion and an opening at a lower end portion thereof;
(c) said upper portion including container portion suspension means for facilitating hanging of the container portion to suspend same at a predetermined location;
(d) said upper portion further including passage means in a wall of the container portion, the passage means communicating the interior of the container portion with the exterior thereof;
(e) a cord having opposite ends, said cord adapted to pass through said passage means and adapted to slide therethrough to the interior of said container portion, one of said opposite ends of said cord being located inside said container portion and adapted to be connected to a towel means, said container portion defining an interior chamber large enough to provide space between said walls and said towel means whereby said cord will slide through the passage means by the weight of the towel means when the container portion is suspended on said container portion suspension means to thus provide a first section of the cord disposed exteriorly of the container portion, and a second section of the cord disposed interiorly of the container portion;
(f) cord blocking means disposed at said passage means and selectively engageable with the first section of the cord to block sliding movement of the cord through said passage means into the container portion in at least two blocked positions wherein the towel means is disposed inside or out of the container portion, respectively;
(g) said container portion having a length sufficient to entirely cover the towel means when the cord is in a fully retracted position in which the length of said second section of the cord is at its minimum;
(h) whereby the withdrawal of the towel means from the container portion and its placement back into the suspended container portion can be achieved solely by simultaneous manipulating said first Section of the cord and said cord blocking means;
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(i) a reinforcement webbing around the opening at the lower end portion of the container portion to maintain the opening in a generally circular, fully open state to facilitate passage of the towel means therethrough.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/143,823Filed 27 Oct 1993
Priority: CA 21080466 Oct 1993
Granted: 30 May 1995
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B60R 7/10
Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles: for supporting hats, clothes or clothes hangers
A47K 10/025
Towels: holders; Boxes
A63B 57/60
Golfing accessories: cleaning or maintenance of golf clubs, putters, shoes or other golf accessories
A63B 55/408
Bags for golf clubs; Stands for golf clubs for use on the course; Wheeled carriers specially adapted for golf bags: releasably mounted accessories…