Towel rack

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2001-12-10

2003-11-25

Chin-Shue, Alvin (Department: 3634)

Supports: racks

Specially mounted

Wall or window

C211S123000, C248S222140, C248S251000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06651830

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a rack, and more particularly to a towel rack.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, a towel rack of the prior art comprises two fastening bases
10
, two retaining heads
13
, and a towel rod
16
held between the two retaining heads
13
. The fastening bases
10
are provided with a connection pillar
11
which is provided with a tapered slot
12
. The retaining heads
13
is fitted with the connection pillar
11
in conjunction with a screw
14
. The retaining head
13
is fastening securely with the fastening base
10
. The base
10
is fastened onto the wall by a plurality of fastening bolts
15
. The base
10
and the retaining head
13
are relatively large in size, thereby resulting in high cost of production material. In view of the fact that the base
10
is made by compression casting or punching, the tapered slot
12
must be further processed by lathe at additional production cost. The retaining heads
13
are provided with a receiving slot
17
for receiving one end of the towel rod
16
. The receiving slot
17
is devoid of any means to locate the towel rod
16
, which can be easily turned. In addition, the towel rod
16
is monotonous in design.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a towel a rack which is free of the drawbacks of the prior art towel rack described above.
The features and the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.


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