Retractable fitness towel and holder
OwnerSandra Gayle Terryinventor
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Abstract
A retractable fitness towel holder includes an elongated flexible band for looping around a user's arm. A frame disposed on the band is held against the user's arm with a loop portion extending away from the user's arm. A retracting mechanism is biased to retract a cord coupled to the towel, and the towel is retractably suspended from the towel channel such that it extends through the loop portion and away from the holder. Pulling the towel through the loop portion and away from the frame, causes the cord to unspool from the retracting mechanism, and releasing the towel causes the retracting mechanism to re-spool the cord, thereby drawing the towel back through the loop portion to rest against the frame, holding the towel in place during exercise.
Claims20
A holder of a fitness towel for installation on a user's arm, the holder comprising:
- a flexible band releasably looping the user's arm;
- a frame coupled to the flexible band, the frame having a projecting loop portion extending away from the user's arm;
- a retracting mechanism disposed proximate the frame, the retracting mechanism biased to retractably spool a cord, the cord extending through the loop portion and ending in a towel clasp;
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- wherein the towel clasp is affixed to the fitness towel, and the retracting mechanism is sufficiently spaced apart from the loop portion such that the retracting mechanism pulls the fitness towel through the loop portion.
A holder and fitness towel for a user's arm, the holder and fitness towel comprising:
- an elongated flexible band having a closure for releasably looping the elongated flexible band around the user's arm;
- a frame disposed along the length of the elongated flexible band, the frame held against the user's arm by the elongated flexible band, and further comprising a loop portion extending away from the user's arm;
- a retracting mechanism held in place between the frame and the elongated flexible band, the retracting mechanism biased to retract a cord extending from the retracting mechanism, the cord coupled to the towel;
- the fitness towel retractably suspended from the frame, the fitness towel extending through the loop portion and away from the frame;
- wherein pulling the fitness towel through the loop portion and away from the frame, causes the cord to unspool from the retracting mechanism, and releasing the fitness towel causes the retracting mechanism to re-spool the cord, such that the fitness towel is drawn at least partially back through the loop portion to rest against the frame.
A holder of a retractable fitness towel for attachment on a user's arm, the holder comprising:
- a frame forming a loop portion extending away from an elongated flexible band, the flexible band having a releasable closure for fixing the flexible band on the user's arm;
- a retracting mechanism on the frame biased to spool a cord coupled to the fitness towel;
- wherein the fitness towel is disengaged from the loop portion when the cord is unspooled;
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- wherein the loop portion confines the fitness towel when the cord is spooled, such that at least half of the fitness towel is captive along the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.