US 12,376,712 B2
Hooked towel rod and method
Melvin S. Hewitt, Jr., Joliet, IL (US)
Filed by Melvin S. Hewitt, Jr., Joliet, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/624,554.
Application 18/624,554 is a division of application No. 16/033,367, filed on Jul. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,980,325.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,033, filed on Jul. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268609 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A47K 10/10 (2006.01); A47K 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/10 (2013.01) [A47K 10/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for hanging a towel for drying the towel, the method comprising:
using a towel rod, the towel rod including:
an elongated first portion positionable at an elevation to the 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 elongated 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;
folding the towel such that opposing edges of the towel hangs downwards towards the floor and such that a first towel section of the towel is turned over to face a second towel section of the towel, a bent section being defined between the first towel section and the second towel section;
holding a right length edge and a left length edge of the towel defined across the bent section;
turning the right length edge and the left length edge upwards away from the floor with respect to an intermediate portion of the towel; and
positioning portions of the right length edge and the left length edge over the fourth portion and the fifth portion of the towel rod such that the towel is suspended on the towel rod with the intermediate portion extending across the empty space without contact with the towel rod.