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Athletic belt and clips for securing a workout towel

Athletic belt and clips for securing a workout towel description/claims

This invention relates to athletic gear and more particularly to a velcro workout belt with velcro backed clips for securing a workout towel to the torso of a person. This “hands free” belt, clip and towel assembly allows a person to exercise, jog or run with the workout towel securely attached to the waist. A different embodiment utilizes clips which attach the workout towel directly to the person's clothes.

Exercise is a popular and necessary part of today's active lifestyle. It promotes health and emotional well-being.

For cardiac health, it is recommended that a person exercise for an uninterrupted, thirty minute session at least three times a week.

However, with this increase in cardiac rate, the person begins to perspire quit heavily. Therefore, it is necessary and desirable to wipe the face and body of sweat during the exercise session.

Accordingly, athletic clubs supply workout towels to all their patrons for “sweat management”. However, it is burdensome to lug these workout towels around during the exercise session; ie: from workout station to workout station, and machine to machine. Additionally, there is a tendency to forget one's workout towel somewhere along the way or inadvertently pick up someone else's towel.

An additional problem with the workout towel is there is no appropriate place to set it. Accordingly, it is usually thrown on the floor next to the person exercising simply because there is no other place to put it. Throwing the workout towel on the dirty floor and then wiping one's face and body is not a particularly hygienic practice, but it is a common everyday occurrence. at the “health” clubs.

In order to solve the, “what to do with the workout towel” problem, people sometimes try to tie the towel around their waist. However, it constantly falls off and is much too cumbersome to wear while exercising, so once again it is tossed on the dirty floor.

Some people attempt to keep the workout towel off the floor by draping the towel over the exercise equipment. However, this often interferes with the person trying to exercise. Additionally, a towel is a rather personal item for most people. Even though the athletic clubs supply clean workout towels to their patrons, many people would prefer to bring and use their own towel.

Accordingly, an object of this invention is to design a “hands free” workout towel so people can exercise, jog or run without need to hand carry their workout towel.

Another object of this invention is to design a belt and clip assembly for securing a workout towel to the waist of the person in order to keep it off the dirty floor.

Still another object is to design a belt and clip assembly for securing a workout towel that utilizes an easy-on, easy-off clip for quick towel accessibility.

It is a further object to design a belt that is highly adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of waist sizes and assembly styles.

It is a further object to design a belt that is comfortable and not cumbersome to wear during workout sessions.

Still another object is to design a belt and towel workout assembly that is an attractive fashion accessory.

It is a further object to design a velcro belt and mated clips to accommodate both the towels supplied by the athletic clubs, as well as personal towels that a person may prefer to use during their workout session.

A further object is to utilize a belt, clip and towel assembly to compliment beach wear and to cover a portion of the swimsuit to make one more publicly presentable during trips to and from the beach or pool.

In keeping with an aspect of the invention, these and other objects are accomplished by use of a velcro belt with velcro-backed clips for securing a workout towel, to the belt. Preferably, the belt is made of industrial strength velcro in which the back sides of the hook strip and loop strip are fused or sewn together to form an approximate four foot long belt. Accordingly, one side of the four foot long belt will comprise hook velcro for the entire four foot span of belt and the other side will comprise loop velcro for the entire four foot span of belt. This way when the belt is wrapped around the waist, the loop side easily mates to the hook side no matter what a person's waist size.

Attached to the velcro belt are plastic clips with velcro on the back side of each clip for easy attachment to the velcro belt.

In operation, a towel is slid into the plastic clip. Then the velcro backed clip secured to any desired location on the belt.

This way the towel may be hung from one side of the belt for easy access, ie: especially for wiping perspiration from a person's brow while exercising or running.

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