Towel rail clamp

• US 4,583,269 A
• Filed: 08/23/1984
• Issued: 04/22/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Harris
• Original Assignee: John Harris
• Inventors: Harris, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US06/643,623
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 24/495, 24/507, 24/508, 24/509, 24/523, 248/316.7, 248/154, 223/90, 223/96
• US Class Current: 24/495
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/04 Towel racks; Towel rails; Towel rods; Towel rolls, e.g. rotatable
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 55/00 Clothes-pegs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44342 having rigid linking arm pivotally connected to each gripping member
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44453 having specific handle structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44462 Coil spring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44581 Biased by distinct spring

Abstract

A clamp for gripping a towel draped over a towel rail so as to prevent the towel from sliding off the rail comprises a pair of arm members with jaw-forming portions at one end and handle portions at the other end, a pivot bar connecting the arm members between the ends, and a spring assembly connected between the arm members adjacent the pivot bar, the spring assembly urging the jaw-forming portions of the arm members toward one another to grip the towel therebetween. Release of the clamp to allow removal of the towel from the rail is effected by squeezing the handle portions toward one another to open the jaws against the spring action.

Claims

1. A clamp for use in securing a towel against sliding off a towel rail over which the towel is draped, or the like, comprising a pair of opposed arm members having jaw-forming portions at one end and handle portions at the other end, a pivot bar interconnecting the arm members intermediate their ends, and a spring assembly interconnecting the arm members adjacent the pivot bar for urging the jaw-forming portions toward one another wherein the spring assembly comprises an elongate coil spring surrounded by tube means forming a stop limiting the extent to which the jaw-forming members are urged toward one another.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the tube means comprises telescopic tubes.

3. The invention of claim 1 wherein the tube means comprises tubes threaded together to form an adjustable stop.

4. The invention of claim 1 wherein the coil spring has its ends connected to cup-shaped mounting members pivotally connected to the respective arm members and the tube means has its ends extending into the cup-shaped mounting members.

5. The invention of claim 1 wherein the jaw-forming portions are formed on outwardly extending shoulder portions of the arm members.

6. The invention of claim 5 wherein the spring assembly is connected to the arm members adjacent the shoulder portions, and the pivot bar is located between the spring assembly and the handle portions of the arm members.

7. The invention of claim 1 wherein the jaw-forming portions are transversely elongated in relation to the arm members.