Supports: racks – Specially mounted – Wall or window
Reexamination Certificate
2002-12-24
2004-09-28
Gibson, Jr., Robert W. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Specially mounted
Wall or window
C248S201000, C248S251000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06796442
ABSTRACT:
RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX
Not applicable.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a towel rack, and more particularly to a towel rack comprising parts which are detachably fastened together.
2. Background of the Invention
As shown in
FIG. 4
, a prior art towel rack comprises a hanging rod
70
and two fastening mounts
71
. In light of the two fastening mounts
71
being identical in construction to each other, only one fastening mount
71
is shown in the drawing. The two fastening mounts
71
are fixed with a wall to support the hanging rod
70
which is used to hold one or more towels. The hanging rod
70
and the fastening mounts
71
are fixedly fastened together by solder patches
75
. Similarly, another prior art towel rack comprises a hanging rod
72
, two fastening mounts
73
, and two sleeves
74
which are fitted respectively over two longitudinal ends of the hanging rod
72
and are fixedly fastened with the fastening mounts
73
by solder patches
75
, as shown in FIG.
5
.
Such prior art towel racks as described above share the following shortcomings. In the first place, they cannot be conveniently stored or packaged for shipment in view of the fact that their component parts are fixedly fastened together by soldering. Secondly, the solder patches
75
undermine the esthetic effect of the prior art towel racks and do not hold for a protracted period of time, thereby shortening the service life span of the prior art towel racks.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a towel rack free of the shortcomings of the prior art towel racks described above.
In keeping with the principle of the present invention, the foregoing objective of the present invention is attained by a towel rack comprising a hanging rod, two fastening bars, two connection rods, two support mounts, and two fastening bolts by which the hanging rod, the two fastening bars, the two connection rods, and the two support mounts are detachably fastened together. The hanging rod is used to hold towels and is fastened to a wall by the two support mounts. In light of the component parts of the towel rack being detachably fastened together, the towel rack can be easily stored or packaged for shipment.
The features and the advantages of the present invention will be more 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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