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US 8,151,399 B2Granted
Cloth accessory
OwnerDarren Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A cloth accessory and methods for the use thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, the cloth accessory may include a cover member forming an enclosure with a cavity therein, and a cloth attached to the cover member. The cloth may have a first configuration wherein the cloth is retracted substantially into the cover member, and a second configuration wherein the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member without becoming detached therefrom.
Claims24
A cloth accessory comprising:
- an invertible cover member of a soft and flexible polymeric material forming an enclosure with a cavity therein and having an opening on a first side of the enclosure;
- an attachment member permanently attached to the cover member and extending from outside the cover member through a second side of the enclosure and into the cavity of the cover member, wherein the second side of the enclosure is opposite the first side of the enclosure;
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- a cloth coupled to the attachment member, the cloth having a first configuration wherein the cover member is non inverted and the cloth is retracted entirely into the cover member and is removably secured in the cover member by a friction force of the cover member, a second configuration wherein the cover member is non inverted and the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member, and a third configuration wherein the cover member is inverted and the cloth is extended entirely out of the cover member.
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A cloth accessory comprising:
- an invertible cover member of a flexible polymeric material forming an enclosure with a cavity therein and having an opening on a first side of the enclosure;
- an attachment member permanently attached to the cover member, the attachment member having a first end disposed outside the cover member and a second end disposed within the cavity of the cover member and extending from outside the cover member through a second side of the enclosure into the cavity of the cover member;
- a cloth coupled to the attachment member at a point of attachment, the cloth having a first configuration wherein the cover member is non inverted and the cloth is retracted entirely into the cover member and is removably secured in the cover member by a friction force of the cover member, a second configuration wherein the cover member is non inverted and the cloth is extended substantially out of the cover member, and a third configuration wherein the cover member is inverted and the cloth is extended entirely out of the cover member;
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- wherein the length of the cloth is at least twice the distance from the point of attachment to the opening on the first side of the enclosure in the second configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.