US1692059A - Towel bar - Google Patents

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Nov. 20, 1928. 1,692,059 V. E. STARNER TOWEL BAR Filed Oct. 1926 I Z/VI/E/I/TO/Q) Patented Nov. 20, 19 28.

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TOWEL BAR.

Application filed October 5, 1926. Serial No. 180,594.

My invention relates to a towel'rail and has.

' for its principal objectthe provision of a relatively simple and practical rail that may serve as a hanger and support for towels,

wash cloths, and the like, and which rail is constructed'so that the towels or wash cloths may be positioned upon or removed from the rail by a relative endwise movement and which provision greatly facilitates the handling of the towels or wash cloths and minimizes the liability of the towels and wash cloths from dropping oil the rail or bar while placed in position thereon or removed therefrom.

eral use are connected at both endsto supporting brackets or to the wall and such arrange ment makes it necessary to place the towels and wash cloths on the rail or bar by a vertical 2e movement and where two or more towels or wash cloths are arranged on a rail having both ends secured to the wall or brackets and one towel or wash cloth is removed, it very frequently happens that the adjacent towel or Wash cloth will be accidentally withdrawn from the supporting rail withthe result that the accidentally withdrawn towel or wash cloth will drop onto the floor or into the bath tub or washbowl over which the towel-supporting bar is positioned.

ll propose to overcome the objectionable results just noted by providing a towel-supporting rail or bar that is secured to the wall orsupv port at one end only, or, in the event of a double bar, at its center, and which arrangement enables the towels and wash cloths to be positioned upon and removed from the bar by a relative endwise movement.

A further object of my invention is to provide a towel bar having an adjustable base .portion that is constructed so that it may be very firmly anchored to the wall structure, thus imparting to the fixture strength and of the fixture unless the entire wall structure manufacture and which, when properly con- The types of towel bars or rails now in genstability and efiectually preventing removal structcd, presents a neat and finished appearance.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my Invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will hereinafter be more fully de-' scribed and claimed and illustrated in the ac company ng drawing, in which' Fig. 1 1s a perspective view of a towel-supportmgbar embodying the principles of my 00' invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the base portion of the towel bar and showin the means for attaching said bar to the w'a structure.

Fig. 3 is a PBISPQCtlVGIVlGW of a fixture embodying the principles of my invention and which is of the duplex or double bar type.

Fig. 4.- is a plan view showin a pair of the towel bars or rails positioned a ja cent to each other with their ends spaced apart to permit the insertion or removal of towels and wash cloths.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of a pair of the bars or rails arranged with the base plates or brackets ad acent to each other and the bars or rails projecting in opposite directions.

Re ierring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, and particularly to the construction illustrated in Fi s. 1 and 2, 10 designates a base plate, prefera ly formed of metal of any desired size and shape and formed integral with and projecting forwardly from one end of this base plate is a short horizontally disposed curved arm or bracket ll-with which 35 is formed integral a horizontally disposed rail or bar 12, the latter being of any desired length and either square, round, or polygonal in cross section. This bar may be either solid or tubular and its free end is provided with an enlarged head or knob 13 that may be formed integral with the bar or separately formed and attached thereto in any suitable manner.

To firmly anchor the rail or bar to a wall, the base late 10 is provided with a pair of rearwar y projecting studs 14, the rear portions of which are threaded and said rear portions extend through apertures that are formed in a plate or bar 15, the latterbeing secured in any suitable manner, preferably by neans of screws 16, to the wall studs S or to a Wall member that is arranged between the Minds. j 7

Nuts 17 mounted on the threaded portions of the studs 14 engage plate 15, thereby adjustably and rigidly connecting the base plate 10 to anchor plate 15 and the space between said base plate and anchor plate accommodates the wall finishingmaterial such as metal lath, plaster, tiling and the like.

By adjustably mounting the studs in plate 15, the fixture can be readily adjusted for the accommodation of tile or wall finishing members of different thicknessesand the anchoring of the fixture to the embedded base plate 15 imparts strengthand stability to the fixture and effectually prevents its removal unless the'entirewall structure is broken away.

In the duplex form of towel supporting bar illustrated in Fig. 3, 18 designates a base plate that may be anchored to the wall in any suitable manner and projecting forwardly from the center ofsaid base plate is a short shank 19. Formed integral with and projecting in o posite directions from the forward end of this shank 19 are aligned bars or rails 20, the outer ends of which are provided with knobs or heads 21. These knobs may be formed integral with the rails or they nay be separately formed and secured to the [ails in any suitable manner. Rails 20 may be of any desired and convenient length and the .may be of uniform diameter throughout their lengths or they may taper, toward their outer ends as illustrated.

I. prefer to form the base plate 18, shank '19, and rails 20 from a single piece of metal, preferably by casting. The shank 19 that ro jects forwardly from base plate 18 should be about three orfour inches in length and thus the rails or bars are positioned a corresponding distance in front of the wall to which the base plate 10 is attached. The rails 20 afford convenient hangers for towels, wash cloths, and the like, and, as the outer ends of said rails are spaced apart from the wall, the towels and wash cloths may be readily appliedto or removed. from the rails by endwise movement relative thereto.

The form of rail" or bar illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 may be used singly or in pairs as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, and as the free end of the bar is spaced apart from the wall to which the base plate on the other end of the bar is attached, the towels or wash cloths may be positioned upon or removed from the bar by a relative ndwise movement, rather than by a vertical movement where both ends of the rail or bar are connected to the wall or brackets. 3

Thus it will be seen that I have provide a towel supporting bar or rail that is relatively simple in structure, having great strength and stability, readily adjustable so as to accommodatedifferent thicknesses of wall finish and tiling, said hearing or rail being constructed so as to be very firmly anchored to the wall structure and consequently preventing ready removal and which towel supporting bar or rail presents a "neat and finished appearance and is very effective in performing itsintended functions. It will be understood that minor changes 1n the size, form and construction of the vari- -ous parts of my improved towel-supportingbar or rail may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention,

the scope of which is set forth in the append ed claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with an anchor plateto the anchor plate, a short arm ormed inte-.

gral with and projecting forwardly from said plate, a horizontally disposed rail formed integral with and projecting laterally from said short arm, said rail being spaced apart from and lies parallel with the face of the wall structure, and the free end of said rail being spaced apart from-the wall structure in order toprovide an opening through which articles ma be moved'length- Wise of the rail when positioned thereon,'or removed therefrom.

2. A towel supporting fixture comprising an anchor plate adapted to be embedded in a wall structure, means for rigidly fixing said anchor-plate to parts of the wall structure, a plate adapted to occupy a position on the face of the wall structure in which the anchor plate is embedded, threaded studs formed integral with and projecting rearwardly from said plate through the anchor plate,

nuts located on said threaded studs for.

clamping the same to said anchor plate,= ;a

rail formed integral .with and projecting.

laterally from said plate, said rail occupying a horizontal position in front of and parallel with the wall structure, and the free end of said rail being spaced'apart fromthe wall structure to permit objects to be positioned upon or removed from said rail by a relative longitudinal movement.

3'. A towel supporting an anchor plate that is adapted to be embedgdedin a wall structure, means for rigidly fixing said anchor plate to parts of the wall structure, a base plate adapted to be positioned on the face of the wall'structure in which the anchor plate is embedded, threaded studs projecting rearwardly, from said fixture comprising base plate through the anchor plate, nuts on wall structure, and the free end of said rail said threaded studs for clamping the same being spaced apart from the wall structure to aid an hor l t a hort arm j ti g to permit objectsto be positioned upon or 10 forwardly from said base plate, a horizonremoved from said rail by a relative longitu- 5 tally disposed rail projecting laterally from dinal movement.

said short arm, said rail occupying a horizon- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. tal position in front of and parallel with the VICTOR E. STARNER.

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