JP3165353U - Wearable towel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel towel form that can be easily wrapped around a wearer's body and fixed in that position. A towel includes a substantially flat rectangular body. Of the 16 sections of the towel body, two openings are arranged in corresponding positions in the uppermost and / or uppermost outermost section. It is a suitable one that can support the body with one arm. The openings are approximately 25.4 cm (10 inches) long and up to 2.54 cm (1 inch) wide, with a width of 0.254 cm (0.1 inch) to 1.78 cm (0.7 inch). Preferably there is. However, it is ideally about 1.27 cm (0.5 inches) wide. In this embodiment, the opening is set approximately 10.16 cm (4 inches) inward from the side edge of the longest towel. The opening is set approximately 3 inches inward from the short side of the towel. The arrangement and dimensions of the openings depend on the size of the towel. [Selection diagram] Figure 2

Description

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This application claims US patent application Ser. No. 12 / 056,467, filed Mar. 27, 2008, alleging the benefit of US Provisional Application Serial No. 60 / 992,406, filed Dec. 5, 2007. The disclosures of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

  The present invention may be used to wipe off the body, physical training, shaving, makeup, places where others are present, between personal care activities, undressed in various harsh environments, and / or The present invention relates to a towel for temporarily wearing a human body to ensure protection and privacy in applications including when performing other activities before wearing clothes.

  Lobe, portable towel and other towel forms are well known. However, nothing is known to provide temporary wear as in the present invention in the manner taught by the present invention.

  The present invention provides a towel that is new, easy to manufacture and easy to use to address normal needs.

  The present invention provides a novel towel form that can be easily wrapped around a wearer's body and secured in place.

  In a preferred embodiment, the towel includes a substantially flat rectangular body, as is generally known. Of the 16 sections of the towel body, two openings are arranged at corresponding positions in the uppermost and / or uppermost outermost section. It is a suitable one that can support the main body with one arm.

  In one embodiment, the openings are approximately 10 inches long and up to 2.5 inches wide (0.1 inches) to 0.154 cm (0.18 cm). It is preferably 7 inches wide. However, it is ideally about 0.5 inches wide. In this embodiment, the opening is set about 4 inches inside the side edge of the longest towel. The opening is set approximately 3 inches from the shorter side of the towel. The arrangement and dimensions of the openings vary depending on the size of the towel.

  In a preferred embodiment, the openings are arranged at corresponding positions relative to the adjacent edges.

  Alternatively, the two openings can be arranged in any desired form. This allows it to be attached to only one arm of the user.

  In one embodiment, there may be a mechanism that allows the size of the opening to be adjusted. The mechanism may be of any commonly known form, including but not limited to buttons, snaps, zippers, Velcro (registered trademark), hooks, loops, and the like. Can be included.

  In an alternative embodiment, the towel may have one opening proximate the first side and a mechanism for attaching the second or distal side when the towel is wrapped around the user's body. it can.

  The towel can be formed of any acceptable material including, but not limited to, conventional pile fabric materials. Pile is a cloth with a loop that can absorb a large amount of water. It can be produced by weaving or knitting, in which weaving or weft yarns between the warp and warp yarns passed between the two beams using the main commercial method dobby weaving machine. It can be manufactured by passing in the horizontal direction.

  Alternatively, the towel can be made of a non-absorbent material and used as a swimwear cover, pajamas, and if the product of the present invention having the same shape is made of, for example, silk, Can be used for cocktail parties. All rectangular forms that can be fastened or fixed in this way are referred to herein as towels.

  Each boundary area of the opening is reinforced to give structural strength and integrity to the towel, and the towel tears in a repetitive motion of passing the arm through the opening and removing the arm from the opening. It is preferable that the towel is not broken or the integrity of the towel is not broken.

It is a top view of the towel of this invention. Fig. 4 represents the sequence steps for the use of the towel of the present invention. It is a top view of the towel divided | segmented into 4 divisions and 16 divisions. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the elliptical opening part. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the elliptical opening part arrange | positioned at the corner. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the single elliptical opening part. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the attachment means formed in the triangle. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the ellipse arrange | positioned at the triangle at the triangle area | region. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the single fixing strap in the upper center. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the strap arrange | positioned at a triangle. It is a top view and a side view of a towel provided with a strap on one edge. FIG. 2 is a plan and side view of a towel with a strap disposed proximally on one edge. It is a top view and a side view of a towel provided with a strap on one edge. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the strap arrange | positioned at a triangle. It is the top view and side view of a towel provided with the single fixing strap in the upper center. Various fixing means are shown. It is a top view and a side view of a towel provided with a plurality of receiving holes around. It is the enlarged view of FIG. 17 which showed embodiment which fixes an attaching means to a towel. Figure 2 shows several embodiments of attachment means secured to a towel. Fig. 4 shows an embodiment with several towels attached.

  The towel 10 includes a first side surface 25 and a second side surface 26 formed by the first vertical direction side portion 11, the second vertical direction side portion 12, the first horizontal direction side portion 13, and the second horizontal direction side portion 14. Including. The first side 25 and the second side 26 collectively form a substantially flat body of the towel 10. The towel 10 has a vertical axis AA that is equidistant from the first vertical side 11 and the second vertical side 12. The towel 10 has a horizontal axis BB that is equidistant from the first horizontal side 13 and the second horizontal side 14. The towel 10 can include a perimeter stitch 28 that is placed around the towel 10 along the sides 11, 12, 13 and 14.

  The towel 10 has a first opening 15 formed by an outer opening edge 16, an inner opening edge 17, a lower opening edge 18 and an upper opening edge 19. The opening 15 is formed so as to be parallel to the first horizontal side 13 and the opening 15 is relatively close to the second vertical side 12. The opening 15 can include stitches 29 that can reinforce the integrity of the fabric edge opening 15. Optionally, the opening 15 can include a pad or additional material around the opening 15 that can provide a decorative edge.

  The towel 10 has a second opening 20 formed by an outer opening edge 21, an inner opening edge 22, a lower opening edge 23 and an upper opening edge 24. The opening 20 is formed in parallel with the second vertical edge 12 so that the opening 20 is relatively close to the second vertical side 12. The opening 20 can include stitches 27 that can reinforce the integrity of the fabric edge opening 20. Optionally, the opening 20 can include a pad or additional material around the opening 20 that can provide a decorative edge.

  In use, as shown in FIG. 2, the user passes the entire arm through the first opening 15 as in Step 1. Next, the user wraps the towel 10 around the torso as shown in step 2. The definition of the torso shown here means around the wearer's torso. The wearer's torso means around the back cavity (including spinal cavity) and abdominal cavity (including chest / intraperitoneal pelvis). The conventional rectangular shape has the width of the wearer's torso as the torso. As indicated previously, the width of the barrel is approximately the diameter of the barrel. The invention envelops dimensions that are greater than twice the diameter of the barrel, or greater than twice the dimension from the bottom of one heel to the bottom of the other heel. The present invention encloses the periphery of the body, and its length is smaller than the half of the square of the diameter multiplied by “pi” or “π”. Therefore, the distance between the two fixing means of the present invention is the circumferential length of the barrel, which is much larger than the width of the barrel described above. The user passes the same arm that was previously passed through the first opening 15 through the second opening 20. When the user passes one arm through each of the first opening 15 and the second opening 20, the first side surface 25 is on the opposite side of the user, and the second side surface 26 faces the user.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the towel of the present invention is also considered to have fixing means. The securing means is preferably located at the top of the 16 sections and on the outermost 16 sections, in the section or close to the section. As an example, FIG. 3 shows a towel divided into four main sections I, II, III, and IV. Each of the four sections can be divided into 16 sections i, ii, iii, and iv. In the illustrated embodiment, the attachment means can be placed in, on, or in close proximity to 16 sections i of 4 sections I and 16 sections ii of 4 sections II. When the attachment means is installed in the outermost 16 sections at the top as described above, the towel wraps the wearer like a toga style rather than a shirt, vest or tunic. In addition, towels formed in this manner, as well as towels formed with hook-and-loop fasteners such as Velcro®, hooks or snap fittings, are secured to the wearer's body. Thus, there is no need for sleeves or other extraneous objects, such as objects that extend beyond the outer perimeter of the opening over half the trunk perimeter.

  8, 10, 14 and 18 are views showing many positions of the fixing means. It is contemplated that the towels of the present invention can have any one or many combinations of the illustrated embodiments. For example, the towel according to the embodiment of FIG. 8 may have one opening selected from any of the four openings shown at each end (the 16 outermost sections at the top). it can. Alternatively, the towel may have more than one opening in each of the topmost and outermost 16 sections selected from the illustrated openings.

  The securing means can be any acceptable means for securing the towel to an adjacent portion of the user's arm. This can be, but is not limited to, a cloth strap, cloth, elastic material, plastic, leather or any other desired material that can be a hole, a piece of flexible cloth material such as elastic material, etc. A hoop strap can be included that can be formed with.

  Each of FIGS. 4-15 and 17 shows a front view of the towel 25. A plan view of the upper edge 13 is shown at the top of each figure. On the left side of each horizontal view, a left side view of the side portion 12 is shown. On the right side of each horizontal view, a right side view of the side portion 11 is shown. Below each front view is a bottom edge view of the side 14.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the first elliptical hole 30 and the second elliptical hole 31 can be used for the user to pass the arm.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the first elliptical hole 32 and the second elliptical hole 33 are obliquely arranged in the outermost 16 sections at the top.

  FIG. 6 shows a centrally located hole 36 for decorative purposes, which is not used or required to physically support the towel 25.

  FIG. 7 shows the first triangular hole 35 and the second triangular hole 36 arranged on the outermost side at the top of the towel 25.

  FIG. 8 shows elliptical holes 37, 38, 39, 41, 42 and 43 showing all possible directions of the fixing means on the towel. The fixing means can be horizontal holes such as elliptical holes 38 and 42, vertical holes such as elliptical holes 37 and 41, or diagonal holes such as elliptical holes 39 and 43. Furthermore, the triangular hole 40 or 44 can also be a fixing means. In one embodiment, the towel may have one or more pairs of securing means shown in FIG.

  FIG. 9 shows a strap 45, which is not a securing means and can be used to carry the towel 25.

  FIG. 10 shows straps 47 and 49 arranged in the horizontal direction, straps 46 and 50 arranged in the vertical direction, and straps 48 and 51 arranged obliquely. In one embodiment, the towel may have one or more pairs of securing means as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 11 shows straps 52 and 53 secured along the horizontal edge 13 above the towel 25.

  FIG. 12 shows straps 54 and 55 secured in close proximity to the upper horizontal edge 13 of the towel 25.

  FIG. 13 shows straps 56 and 57 secured along the horizontal edge 13 above the towel 25.

  FIG. 14 shows straps 59 and 61 arranged in the horizontal direction, straps 58 and 62 arranged in the vertical direction, and straps 60 and 63 arranged obliquely. In one embodiment, the towel may have one or more pairs of securing means as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 15 shows a strap 64, which is not a securing means and can be used to carry the towel 25. FIG.

  FIG. 17 shows a towel 25 having a plurality of openings 65. Although an opening is shown around the entire periphery of the towel 25, the opening can be formed and arranged in any part of the periphery. The opening 65 can be used for insertion of fixing means. As shown in FIG. 18, the opening 65 can be used to attach a securing means or to secure an additional towel to each other.

  FIG. 19 shows various embodiments for attaching the securing means to the towel 25. Each of the angle type connectors 75 and 76 includes holes 74 and 77 to be attached to the towel 25, respectively. Each of the triangular connectors 78 and 80 includes holes 79 and 81 that are respectively attached to the towel 25.

  The vertical connectors 82 and 84 each have holes 83 and 85 that are attached to the towel 25, respectively.

  The horizontal connectors 86 and 8 are each provided with holes 87 and 89 attached to the towel 25, respectively.

  In one embodiment, the securing means passes one arm through the first securing means, wraps a towel around the user's torso (as described in paragraph 0019) and passes the same arm through the second securing means. As such, it is arranged and formed.

  As shown in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 11, 13 and 14, the securing means can be arranged along the periphery or edge of the towel.

  FIG. 16 illustrates various securing means that can be used. Further, a first hook 80 and a second hook 82 which are connected by a connector 81 are shown in FIG. An embodiment of attaching the first hook 82 to the towel 25 through the hole 65 is shown in FIG. The first hook 82 is coupled to the second hook 80 by the connector 81. Next, the second hook 80 is coupled to the second towel 25. Alternatively, the first hook 82 can be directly coupled to the looped end of the strap 69 through the hole 65.

  Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the towel can have a receiving portion for receiving the attachment means. Although FIG. 17 shows a plurality of receiving holes around the entire periphery, an embodiment in which receiving portions are provided in only a part of the periphery or in a plurality of parts is also conceivable.

  The embodiment of FIG. 19 shows an embodiment in which the attachment means can be part of a second member attached to the towel body or can be coupled to the second member. In the embodiment of FIG. 19, the attachment means is caused to be present or attached in the uppermost and outermost 16 sections as described herein.

  In one embodiment, the two securing means can include additional openings or straps, and the like, similar to the two outer securing means, such as those shown in FIGS. . This is along the upper linear central portion of the body, either on or near one upper edge of the body, or across the length of the body between the two outer holes. Be placed.

  This additional opening is not necessary to secure the towel to the user. This can be arbitrarily adopted for aesthetic reasons only.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 20, two towels 25 can be worn together either by overlapping the openings or by joining the two towels along the edges.

  Although the present invention has been described with respect to a preferred shape or embodiment with some degree of specificity, this description is made for purposes of illustration only, and only partial combinations may be made in the details of formation, manufacture, and use. It will be understood that many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, including arrangements and arrangements.

10 towels; 15 first opening; 16 outer opening edge; 17 inner opening edge;
18 lower opening edge; 19 upper opening edge; 20 second opening;
25 first side; 26 second side; 29 stitches.

Claims (12)

A towel that is wrapped around and fixed to the wearer's body,
a. A substantially flat rectangular body having two substantially corresponding horizontal edges and two substantially corresponding vertical edges;
b. Two fixing means for fixing the main body to one arm of the user;
Consisting of
Each fixing means is arranged on the topmost and outermost 16 sections of the two horizontal sections of the four sections of the body, at a position close to or within the 16 sections. Characteristic towel.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is one of an opening of the main body, a strap, or a combination thereof.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is a strap removably attached to the main body.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is a strap that is permanently attached to the main body.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is on both ends of the main body.   2. The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means are spaced apart from each other by a distance of about twice the diameter of the human torso on both ends of the main body.   2. The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means are located apart from each other by a distance of a circumference of a human torso on both ends of the main body.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein the towel completely wraps around the torso of the user.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is parallel to the horizontal edge and close to the horizontal edge.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein each fixing means is disposed at a position corresponding to a position of a horizontal axis on the main body.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein each fixing means is arranged at a position corresponding to a position of a vertical axis on the main body.   The towel according to claim 1, wherein each fixing means has a distance from each of the horizontal side portion and the vertical side portion of the main body adjacent to the fixing means at a position corresponding to each other.

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