Patent Application
20240407610
People with disabilities, including people who are paralyzed or people with mental disorders, are often unable to give themselves a bath. The onus is on a caregiver to bath the disabled person. The caregiver often has difficulties bathing the disabled person because the person whom they are bathing has limited movement of their extremities. They are unable to help the caregiver with positioning or performing bathing functions.
It is particularly difficult for the caregiver to towel dry the disabled person after a bath. In this regard, the caregiver must position the person differently to ensure that each part of the disabled person's body is dried. In some instances, the caregiver might find it necessary to hold the disabled person with one hand and towel dry with the other hand. This is difficult to do with a conventional towel.
The present disclosure relates to a drying towel in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The exemplary drying towel is rectangular. On one face of the of the towel is a plurality of handles. Note that the rectangular shape of the towel is for exemplary purposes only. A drying towel in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure may be other geometric shapes in other embodiments, e.g., circular, square, triangular, etc.
The exemplary drying towel 100 has long parallel edges 110 and 111. Further, the exemplary drying towel 100 has short parallel edges 112 and 113.
Secured to the drying towel 100 is a plurality of handles 103 and 107. The handles 103 and 107 are secured to a side 101 of the drying towel 100 at or near the edges 110 and 111 and/or 112 and 113, respectively. Securing the handles 103 and 107 at or near the edges 110 and 111 and/or 112 and 113 allows the caregiver full use of the opposite side (not shown) of the drying towel 100 for drying a disabled person. In use, a caregiver may slip his/her hand (not shown) through the handles 103 and 107 to maintain a grasp on the drying towel 100 and to have full use of the side of the drying towel 100 opposite the side 101 to which the handles 103 and 107 are secured.
The exemplary drying towel 100 comprises a long rectangular swath of fabric 102 along the long edge 110 of the drying towel 100. The long rectangular swath of fabric 102 is secured to the side 101 of drying towel at regular intervals along the long rectangular swath of fabric 102 via stitches 105.
The stiches 105 form the handle 103. The handle 103 forms an opening 104 in which the caregiver can slip his/her hand.
Note that the exemplary drying towel 100 comprising the long swath of fabric 103 is merely exemplary. The handles 103 may be formed with separate pieces of fabric so that each handle 103 is secured separately to the side 101 of the drying towel 100. Further, while stitching is shown, the handle 103 may be secured to the side 101 of the drying towel 100 via other attachment methods, e.g., fabric glue. Further note that while a plurality of handles is shown, there may be fewer or more handles 103 in other embodiments.
The exemplary drying towel 100 further comprises a short rectangular swath of fabric 106 along the long edge 113 of the drying towel 100. The long rectangular swath of fabric 106 is secured to the side 101 of drying towel at regular intervals along the long rectangular swath of fabric 106 via stitches 109.
The stiches 109 form the handle 107. The handle 107 forms an opening 108 in which the caregiver can slip his/her hand.
Note that the exemplary drying towel 100 comprising the short swath of fabric 106 is merely exemplary. The handle 107 may be formed with separate pieces of fabric so that each handle 107 is secured separately to the side 101 of the drying towel 100. Further, while stitching is shown, the handle 103 may be secured to the side 101 of the drying towel 100 via other attachment methods, e.g., fabric glue. Further note that while a plurality of handles is shown, there may be fewer or more handles 107 in other embodiments.
The handles 103 and 107 are secured to the side 101 of the drying towel 100 at or near the edges 110 and 111 and/or 112 and 113, respectively. Securing the handles 103 and 107 at or near the edges 110 and 111 and/or 112 and 113 allows the caregiver full use of the opposite side (not shown) of the drying towel 100 for drying a disabled person. In use, a caregiver may slip his/her hand (not shown) through the handles 103 and 107 to maintain a grasp on the drying towel 100 and to have full use of the side of the drying towel 100 opposite the side 101 to which the handles 103 and 107 are secured.
The exemplary drying towel 100 comprises the long rectangular swath of fabric 102 along the long edge 110 of the drying towel 100. The long rectangular swath of fabric 102 is secured to the side 101 of drying towel 100 at regular intervals along the long rectangular swath of fabric 103 via stitches 105.
The stiches 105 form the handle 103. The handle 103 forms the opening 104 (
The exemplary drying towel 100 comprises the short rectangular swath of fabric 106 along the long edge 113 of the drying towel 100. The long rectangular swath of fabric 106 is secured to the side 101 of drying towel 100 at regular intervals along the short rectangular swath of fabric 106 via stitches 109.
The stiches 109 form the handle 107. The handle 107 forms the opening 108 (
The stitches 105 form the handle 103. The handle 103 forms the opening 104. The opening 104 receives a caregiver's hand so that the caregiver can easily grasp the drying towel 100 when drying a disabled person (not shown).
As noted above, the drying towel 100 comprising the long swath of fabric 106 is merely exemplary. The handle 107 may be formed with separate pieces of fabric so that each handle 107 is secured separately to the side 101 of the drying towel 100. Further, while stitching is shown, the handle 103 may be secured to the side 101 of the drying towel 100 via other attachment methods, e.g., fabric glue. Further note that while a plurality of handles is shown, there may be fewer or more handles 107 in other embodiments.
The stitches 109 form the handle 107. The handle 107 forms the opening 108. The opening 108 receives a caregiver's hand so that the caregiver can easily grasp the drying towel 100 when drying a disabled person (not shown).
As noted above, the drying towel 100 comprising the short swath of fabric 106 is merely exemplary. The handle 107 may be formed with separate pieces of fabric so that each handle 107 is secured separately to the side 101 of the drying towel 100. Further, while stitching is shown, the handle 103 may be secured to the side 101 of the drying towel 100 via other attachment methods, e.g., fabric glue. Further note that while a plurality of handles is shown, there may be fewer or more handles 107 in other embodiments.
Also note that handles 103 and 107 are shown along the long edges 110 and 111 and the short edges 112 and 113. While handles 103 and 107 are shown along all four edges 110, 111, 112, and 113, handles 103 and 107 may be secured along only one edge, two edges, or three edges in other embodiments.
