US 11,980,325 B2
Hooked towel rod and method
Melvin Sinclair Hewitt, Jr., Joliet, IL (US)
Filed by Melvin Sinclair Hewitt, Jr., Joliet, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/033,367.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,033, filed on Jul. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0387931 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. A47K 10/10 (2006.01); A47K 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/10 (2013.01) [A47K 10/04 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A towel rod, comprising:
a rigid first embodiment, a rigid second embodiment, and a rigid third embodiment; the rigid first embodiment comprises an elongated first portion centrally located relative to adjacent portions of the rigid first embodiment and oriented horizontally and parallel to a floor; a second portion of the rigid first embodiment is located on a left end of the rigid first embodiment and is oriented or at an angle to the first portion and extends downward to support a fourth portion of the rigid first embodiment; a third portion of the rigid first embodiment is located on a right end of the rigid first embodiment and is oriented or at an angle to the first portion and extends downward to support a fifth portion of the rigid first embodiment; an empty space devoid of any structures is in part defined therebetween by the elongated first portion, the second portion, and the third portion; the rigid first embodiment is supported by the rigid second embodiment and the rigid third embodiment which are oriented perpendicularly to the rigid first embodiment and are attached to the rigid first embodiment near each end of the first portion of the rigid first embodiment and provide one or more spacer mounts to attach onto a stationary object and provide a gap between the stationary object and the rigid first embodiment, wherein the fourth portion and the fifth portion are directed oppositely to face away from each other and are each curved upwards to form in a direction opposite from the floor, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the fourth portion, and the fifth portion, are integrally and continuously formed from a single cylindrical rod.
 
11. A towel rod, comprising:
an elongated first portion positionable at an elevation to a floor and defining a first end and a second end, the second end being opposed to the first end;
a second portion and a third portion, the second portion extending from the first end and the third portion extending from the second end, each of the second portion and the third portion being oriented at an angle to the elongated first portion, an empty space devoid of any structures is in part defined therebetween by the elongated first portion, the second portion, and the third portion;
a fourth portion and a fifth portion, the fourth portion extending from the second portion and the fifth portion extending from the third portion, wherein
the fourth portion and the fifth portion are directed oppositely to face away from each other and are each curved upwards to form in a direction opposite from the floor, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the fourth portion, and the fifth portion, are integrally and continuously formed from a single cylindrical rod.