Yoga towel

• US 8,631,833 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silver Plume, LLC
• Original Assignee: Silver Plume, LLC
• Inventors: Garbarino, Gwendolyn Mary
• Primary Examiner(s): Muromoto, Jr., Bobby
• Application Number:
  US13/331,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20130153081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 139/383.R, 139/394, 139/396, 139/397, 139/398, 139/403, 139/405, 139408-418, 139/420.R, 139/423, 139/426.R, 139/420.A
• US Class Current: 139/426.R
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/20 All layers being fibrous or filamentary
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2262/0261 Polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2262/0276 Polyester fibres
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2262/14 Mixture of at least two fibres made of different materials
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/72 Density
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/726 Permeability to liquids, absorption
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/744 Non-slip, anti-slip
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/08 characterised by added members at particular parts layer formed of separate pieces of material which are juxtaposed side-by-side B32B3/14, B32B3/18
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/024 Woven fabric
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/08 the fibres or filaments of a layer being of different substances , e.g. conjugate fibres, mixture of different fibres
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/26 another layer next to it also being fibrous or filamentary relative arrangement of fibres or filaments of different layers B32B5/12
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 13/008 characterised by weave density or surface weight
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/00 Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/283 synthetic polymer-based, e.g. polyamide or polyester fibres cellulose-based artificial fibres D03D15/225
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/33 Ultrafine fibres, e.g. microfibres or nanofibres
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 27/08 Terry fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D06H 5/00 Seaming textile materials splicing webs B65H21/00; seaming felts in paper-making machines D21F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2331/02 polyamides D10B2331/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2331/04 polyesters, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate [PET]

Abstract

A yoga towel comprising a first layer for standing poses made of woven nylon threads and fibers made from skin-polishing cloth, and an opposite second layer for sitting, kneeling and lying poses made of waffle-woven microfiber fabric. The yoga towel has an edge made of sailcloth. The yoga towel is constructed to prevent a participant from slipping during standing yoga poses, and the exterior remains dry to the touch during use.

Claims

1. A yoga towel comprising:

a first layer on one side of said yoga towel composed of a woven layer having threads in one direction and abrasive fibers woven in a second direction perpendicular to the one direction for providing traction to persons standing on said first layer during yoga poses in the standing position, said first layer being devoid of microfibers; and

a second layer on the opposite side of said yoga towel from said first layer, said second layer being composed of microfibers for absorbing perspiration of users of said yoga towel, to provide a comfortable surface to persons doing yoga poses involving sitting, kneeling, lying face down or laying face up, said second layer being joined to said first layer;

said yoga towel being devoid of a foam layer;

wherein perspiration emanating from a user in a standing position on said first layer flows through said first layer and is absorbed by said microfibers in said second layer, and perspiration emanating from a user on said second layer is absorbed by said microfibers in said second layer.

2. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein said first layer and said second layer have opposing bordering edges, and wherein said yoga layer further comprises an edging joining said opposing bordering edges to join said first and second layers.

3. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein said first layer is composed of a cloth for polishing skin.

4. A yoga towel according to claim 3 wherein said cloth for polishing skin is composed of rows of parallel twisted nylon threads going in one direction, with rows of parallel thin nylon fibers going in a second direction perpendicular to said one direction.

5. A yoga towel according to claim 4 wherein first layer has a density of 1.09 to 1.62 grams per cubic meter.

6. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein said second layer is composed of a waffle-weave microfiber fabric.

7. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein said microfibers are 0.5 denier.

8. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein there are approximately 120,000 microfibers per square inch in said second layer.

9. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein said microfibers are made of 80% polyester and 20% polyamide.

10. A yoga towel according to claim 1 wherein said threads in one direction in said woven layer are composed of twisted nylon fibers, and said abrasive fibers woven in the second direction are composed of nylon fibers.