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US 8,122,538 B2Granted
Souvenir collecting multi purpose wind resistant towel with hidden pockets
AssigneeAlpha Sun & Sport - AS&S, LLC
InventorAlan McBrearty
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Abstract
A wind-resistant, souvenir-collecting beach towel with hidden pockets has a towel portion, a compartment at one end of the towel portion, an opening accessible from the underside of the beach towel opposite the edge of the end of the towel portion where the compartment is, and a souvenir receiving portion forming a perimeter around the towel portion and having apertures where ball bungee cords and pegs are secured. The compartment has a top and a bottom layer and is attached to the underside of the towel portion and has hidden pockets. Some of the hidden pockets have openings recessed from an outside edge of the compartment such that the opening is not exposed to the environment and is not visible to passersby, and one of the hidden pockets is accessible only through the opening.
Claims22
A towel, comprising:
- a towel portion comprising a front, back, and sides;
- a compartment, comprising one or more layers, at an end of the towel portion;
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- an opening between layers of the compartment or between the compartment and the towel portion that is accessible from the underside of the towel portion;
- wherein the compartment comprises one or more pockets between layers of the compartment or between a layer of the compartment and the towel portion;
- wherein one or more of the one or more pockets are hidden pockets;
- wherein one or more of the hidden pockets is accessible between a side of the towel portion and an adjacent compartment layer, wherein the one or more of the hidden pockets has a closure device recessed from an outside edge of the compartment whereby the one or more of the hidden pockets is not exposed to the environment and not visible to passersby.
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A towel, comprising:
- a towel portion;
- a compartment comprising two sandwiched, coextensive layers;
- wherein the compartment is attached to and covers one end of the towel portion;
- wherein a pocket smaller than the compartment is formed between the compartment and the towel portion;
- wherein hidden pockets are formed between layers of the compartment or between one or more layers of the compartment and one or more additional layers.
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A towel, comprising:
- a towel portion comprising a front, back, and sides;
- a compartment, comprising one or more layers, at an end of the towel portion;
- and
- an opening between layers of the compartment or between the compartment and the towel portion that is accessible from the underside of the towel portion;
- wherein the compartment comprises one or more pockets between layers of the compartment or between a layer of the compartment and the towel portion;
- wherein one or more of the one or more pockets are hidden pockets;
- wherein one or more of the hidden pockets is accessible between a side of the towel portion and an adjacent compartment layer;
- one or more apertures configured to receive a securing structure and one or more securing structures, wherein the securing structures comprise ball bungee cords and pegs, wherein balls of the ball bungee cords are larger than the apertures to serve as retaining means, and wherein the pegs are removably attached to bungee cords of the ball bungee cords.
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A towel, comprising:
- a towel portion;
- and
- a souvenir receiving portion adjacent to the towel portion;
- wherein the towel portion and souvenir receiving portion are made of a single piece of fabric comprising fabric loops and a portion of the fabric forming the souvenir receiving portion comprises shorter and tighter loops than a portion of the fabric forming the towel portion.
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A towel method, comprising:
- providing a towel portion having a front, back and sides;
- attaching a compartment to the underside of one end of the towel portion comprising a top and bottom layer and forming an opening along a side of the compartment opposite the edge of the end of the towel portion where the compartment is attached that is accessible from the underside of the towel portion;
- providing one or more hidden pockets between layers of the compartment or between a layer of the compartment and the towel portion, wherein one or more of the hidden pockets is accessible from between a side of the towel portion and an adjacent compartment layer and has a closure device recessed from an outside edge of the compartment whereby the one or more of the hidden pockets is not exposed to the environment and not visible to passersby, and one or more of the hidden pockets is accessible only through the compartment opening;
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- providing a souvenir receiving portion adjacent to and forming a perimeter around the towel portion and comprising one or more apertures for receiving one or more securing structures.
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A towel, comprising:
- a towel portion;
- a compartment at an end of the towel portion;
- and
- an opening between layers of the compartment or between the compartment and the towel portion that is accessible from the underside of the towel portion;
- wherein the compartment comprises one or more pockets between layers of the compartment or between a layer of the compartment and the towel portion;
- wherein one or more of the one or more pockets are hidden pockets;
- further comprising a souvenir receiving portion adjacent to the towel portion;
- wherein the souvenir receiving portion comprises delineated souvenir placement areas indicated by a graphic design differing from the remainder of the souvenir receiving portion, whereby a user can properly place souvenir attachments with ease.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.