Disease prevention workout towel with user instructions

• US 20090098348A1
• Filed: 10/11/2007
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matthew Barker
• Original Assignee: Matthew Barker
• Inventors: Barker, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/974,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20090098348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/195.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/02 Towels made of paper A47K10/16; woven fabrics D03D; non-woven fabrics D04H
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24802 Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]

Abstract

An improved workout towel comprising user instructions in the form of indicia on each side of the towel; a first side bearing indicia that instructs a user to employ the first side of the towel on the person of the user, and a second side bearing indicia that instructs a user to employ the second side of the towel on surfaces other than the person of the user. The workout towel further comprising antimicrobial properties either applied to the towel, or incorporated into the textile comprising it, including bamboo as a textile material component comprising the towel.

Claims

1. An improved workout towel comprising a planar member of absorbent material with two opposing surfaces, wherein a first indicia indicating a first use are disposed on a first surface of the member and a second indicia indicating a second use are disposed on a second surface of the member.

2. The towel of claim 1, wherein the member comprises a synthetic or organic material with absorbent properties.

3. The towel of claim 2, wherein the material comprises anti-microbial properties, including anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.

4. The towel of claim 3, wherein the anti-microbial properties are imparted to the material due to the components that comprise the material, including bamboo, or through the application of an agent to the material.

5. The towel of claim 4, wherein the bamboo comprising the towel comprises fifty percent or higher of the total composition of the towel.

6. The towel of claim 5, wherein the size of the towel comprises any size chosen from the list of 12 by 29 inches, 16 by 28 inches, or 12 by 24 inches.

7. The towel of claim 1, wherein the first indicia on the first surface of the towel indicates that the surface is for use on the person of the user, and the second indicia on the second surface of the towel indicates that the second surface is not for use on the person of a user.

8. The towel of claim 7, wherein the first indicia indicates that the first surface is for a user'"'"'s face and body only, and the second indicia indicates that the second surface is for the equipment and floor of a gym.

9. The towel of claim 8, wherein the first indicia comprises a phrase including the words “

FACE”

or “

BODY” and

the second surface indicia comprises a phrase including the word “

GYM”

.

10. The towel of claim 8, wherein the first indicia comprises the phrase “

FACE AND BODY” and

the second indicia comprises the phrase “

EQUIPMENT AND FLOOR.”

11. The towel of claim 8, wherein the first and second surface indicia comprise logotype images to convey that the first surface is for use on the person of a user, and the second surface is not for use on the person of a user.

12. The towel of claim 1, wherein additional indicia, including words, phrases or logotypes are disposed on either side, including both sides of the towel.

13. The towel of claim 12, wherein the additional indicia comprises motivational messages.

14. The towel of claim 12, wherein the additional indicia comprises marketing or brand identifying trademarks.

15. The towel of claim 1, wherein a means to prevent fraying of the material is disposed along the edges of the towel.

16. The towel of claim 1, wherein a barrier is disposed between the first surface and the second surface to prevent microbial agents from migrating between the surfaces.

17. The towel of claim 1, wherein the indicia are incorporated into the material that comprises the towel.

18. The towel of claim 1, wherein the indicia are applied to the surface of the material that comprises the towel.