Bath towel bib with built-in tote bag
OwnerMary Kenney Purcaroinventor
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Abstract
A bath towel bib including a collar adapted to form a releasably securable loop around a user's neck, an actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck, and an absorbent cloth fixedly attached to the collar and operatively arranged to hang from the collar in front of the user's torso when the loop is releasably secured around the user's neck, wherein the actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck is operatively arranged to actuate when the absorbent cloth is pulled in a direction away from the user's neck. Further, the invention relates to a combination bath towel and bib with a built-in tote bag that allows a user to easily fold and carry the combination bath towel and bib with built-in tote bag in the nature of a backpack.
Claims16
A bath towel bib with built-in tote bag comprising:
- a tote bag comprising a front panel and a back panel, wherein the front panel and the back panel are mated at a bottom seam, a right side seam and a left side seam to form an inner first cavity, wherein the inner first cavity is accessible through an opening at the top of the tote bag, wherein the tote bag further comprises a first cord and a second cord, wherein the first cord is attached to the tote bag at the right side seam and the second cord is attached to the tote bag at the left side seam;
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- a bath towel bib, wherein the bath towel bib comprises:
- a collar adapted to form a releasably securable loop around a user's neck;
- an actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck;
- an absorbent cloth fixedly attached to the collar and operatively arranged to hang from the collar in front of the user's torso when the loop is releasably secured around the user's neck,
- wherein the tote bag is mated to the bath towel bib at the right side seam and the left side seam of the tote bag to form a second cavity between the back panel of the tote bag and the bath towel bib.
A method of folding a bath towel bib for easy carrying along with a built-in tote bag comprising:
- providing a bath towel bib with built-in tote bag, comprising:
- a tote bag comprising a front panel and a back panel, wherein the front panel and the back panel are mated at a bottom seam, a right side seam and a left side seam to form an inner first cavity, wherein the inner first cavity is accessible through an opening at the top of the tote bag, wherein the tote bag further comprises a first cord and a second cord, wherein the first cord is attached to the tote bag at the right side seam and the second cord is attached to the tote bag at the left side seam;
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- a bath towel bib, wherein the bath towel bib comprises:
- a collar adapted to form a releasably securable loop around a user's neck;
- an actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck;
- an absorbent cloth fixedly attached to the collar and operatively arranged to hang from the collar in front of the user's torso when the loop is releasably secured around the user's neck,
- wherein the tote bag is mated to the bath towel bib at the right side seam and the left side seam of the tote bag wherein the back panel of the tote bag is facing the bath towel bib to form a second cavity between the back panel of the tote bag and the bath towel bib,
- reversing the orientation of the bath towel bib and the tote bag wherein the front panel of the tote bag is facing the bath towel bib to form a third cavity between the front panel of the tote bag and the bath towel bib,
- thereafter folding the bath towel bib, and
- inserting the folded bath towel bib inside the third cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.