Towel Rack

Abstract

A towel rack has a front section, multiple transversal rods and two positioning elements. The front section is U-shaped with two side tubes and is formed by a soldered metal tube. Multiple engaging holes are defined on inner sides of the side tubes of the front section in pairs so that each transversal rod is inserted into a pair of the engaging holes for assembly. Each positioning element is a rod with a semicircular cross-section and is inserted into the side tube to abut the ends of the transversal rods for compressing and positioning the transversal rods. Thereby, the towel rack is easy in processing and assembly to improve utility.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a towel rack, and more particularly to a towel rack that is easily assembled to rest articles thereon and to hand towels in bathroom.

2. Description of Related Art

Usually, towel racks are attached to on walls in bathrooms for resting clothing and bathing articles, or hang towels. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a conventional towel rack comprises multiple transversal rods 10 and two tubes 20 each with a end stub 30 and an axle rod 40. Each transversal rod 10 has two ends each having a through hole 101. The 20 tube has multiple engaging holes 201 for receiving ends of the multiple transversal rods 10. Each end stub 30 has an insertion with a through hole 301 aligning to the outermost engaging hole 201 on the tube 20 when the end stub 30 combines to a distal end of the tube 20. The axle rod has a front end with a threaded section 401. When the towel rack is assembled, the axle rod 40 penetrates a cap base 50 and the multiple transversal rods 10 are respectively arranged between the two tubes 20 and inserted into engaging holes 201 of the tubes 20 by ends. Then, the axle rod 40 penetrates all the ends of the transversal rods in the corresponding tube 20 and engages with a threaded hole 302 longitudinally defined in the end stub 30 by the threaded section 401. Meanwhile, the threaded section 401 also penetrates the through hole 101 on the outermost transversal rod 10. Thereby, the whole towel rack is completed.

However, the conventional towel rack has advantages such as preventing looseness or disassembly, but still has the following drawbacks remained unideal in practice:

1. The parts of the conventional towel rack are many, each end of each transversal rod need to be precisely processed by complex procedures so that the manufacturing cost is high. Moreover, once the through holes are defined in dislocation or untrimmed therefore the leftover around the through hole are remained. The conventional towel rack can not be assembled ideally.

2. The transversal rods inserted into the two tubes respectively at ends is only suitable for the tubes with engaging holes so that the strength of the tube is weak and the appearance of the conventional towel rack is not neat.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A main objective of the present invention is to provide a towel rack that is easy to be manufactured to reduce manufacturing cost and to be assembled without difficulty.

Another main objective of the present invention is to provide a towel rack that has a U-shaped frame soldered with multiple transversal rods into one piece, therefore, the appearance of the towel rack is neat and the structure is firm to improve the utility thereof.

To achieve the foregoing objective, the towel rack comprises:

a front section comprising a middle tube and two side tubes soldered together to be U-shaped, multiple through holes defined on the side tubes in pairs;

multiple transversal rods attached between the two side tubes by inserting ends into the through holes in pairs; and

two positioning elements being strips, each of the two positioning elements inserting into corresponding one of the two side tubes to abut the ends of the transversal rods.

Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional towel rack in accordance with the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional top view of a conventional towel rack in FIG. 1, wherein the conventional towel rack is assembled;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a towel rack in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the towel rack in FIG. 3, wherein the towel rack is assembled;

FIG. 5 is a partially cross-sectional top view of the towel rack in Fig, 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional top view showing a mounting device on the towel rack;

FIG. 7 is an operational top view of the towel rack to show the first stage of assembling the towel rack; and

FIG. 8 is another operational top view of the towel rack to show the second stage of assembling the towel rack.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A towel rack in accordance with the present invention comprises front section, multiple transversal rods and two positioning elements, wherein the front section is U-shaped with two side tubes and performed by soldered metal tube. Multiple engaging holes are defined on inner sides of the side tubes of the front section in pairs so that each transversal rod inserts into a pair of the engaging holes for combination. Each positioning element is a rod with a semicircular cross-section and inserts into the side tube to abut the ends of the transversal rods for compressing and positioning the transversal rods. Thereby, the towel rack is easy in processing and combination to improve the utility.

With reference to FIGS. 3 to 6, a preferred embodiment of the towel rack in accordance with the present invention comprises a front section 1, multiple transversal rods 2, two positioning elements 3, two connecting pieces 4 and two bases 5, wherein the front section 1 is U-shaped with two side tubes 11 and a middle tube and performed by soldered metal tube. Each side tube 11 has an opening end with an inner thread 112 defined therein. Each transversal rod 2 has a length substantially equal to a distance between two axle centers of the two side tubes 11 on the front section 1 in parallel to the middle tube of the front section 1. The positioning element 3 is in shape of strip with a semicircular cross-section and has a stop 31 formed at one end and a guiding surface 32 defined at the other end of the strip. Each connecting piece 4 is a pillar stub and has an outer thread defined on its periphery. A rectangular insertion 42 is formed on one end of the connecting piece 4 and has a thread hole 43 defined therein. Each base 5 is a round cap and has a top surface and a round bulge 51 with a rectangular recess 511 defined on the top surface. Furthermore, a locking hole 512 is defined in the bottom of the rectangular recess 511 through the base 5 for receiving a nut 6 on the base 5 from another side opposite to the round bulge 51.

When the towel rack is assembled, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, ends of the transversal rods 2 all are inserted into the through holes 111 on the side tubes 11 (a first side tube and a second side tube) of the front section 1 and arranged in parallel. Then, all transversal rods 2 are pushed toward to the first side tube 11 to allow one positioning element 3 easily inserting into the second side tube 11 by leading of the guiding surface 32. Then, the all transversal rods 2 are pushed to the second side tube 11 to allow the other positioning element 3 inserting into the first side tube 11 also by the leading of the guiding surface 32. When the stops 31 on the two positioning elements are fixed into the side tubes 11 to abut the innermost transversal rod 2, all transversal rods 2 are clamped and limited by flat surfaces of the two positioning elements 3 for positioning and securing on the front section 1. Furthermore, two connecting pieces 4 are combined to the front section 1 by correspondingly engaging the inner threads 41 on the connecting pieces 4 to the outer threads 112 inside the opening ends of the side tubes 11. The bases 5 are combined to the front section 1 by correspondingly engaging the rectangular recesses 511 on the round bulges 51 to the rectangular insertions 42 on the connecting pieces 4. Lastly, the nuts 6 penetrate the locking holes 512 on the bases 5 and then combine with the threaded holes 43 on the connecting pieces 4 to achieve the towel rack.

Thereby, the towel rack is attached to the wall in the bathroom by combining the bases 5 with the locking elements to provide a structure for placing clothing and bathing articles and for hanging towels.

According to above description, the towel rack in the present invention has the following advantages:

1. In the towel rack of the present invention, only the side tubes 11 have the through holes 111 but no further in other elements so that the processing for drilling is simplified. Moreover, assembly of the towel rack is also significantly simplified because there is no hole-alignment issue during the combination procedures as described in the conventional towel rack.

2. Because the front section 1 is shaped into U structure by soldering metal tubes to mount the transversal rods 2 between the side tubes 11, the towel rack has neat appearance and firm construction to improve utility.

3. By inserting the positioning elements 3 into the side tubes 11, the transversal rods 2 are secured on the front section 1 by simply clamping and thus the steady efficiency of the transversal rods 2 is also provided.

Although this invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present invention of the preferred form has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts any be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A towel rack comprising:

a front section comprising a middle tube and two side tubes soldered together as a single unseparate clement to be U-shaped, with multiple through engaging holes defined on the two side tubes in pairs;

multiple transversal rods attached between the two side tubes by inserting ends of the transversal rods into the engaging holes in pairs; and

two positioning elements being strips, with each of the two positioning elements inserted into a corresponding one of the two side tubes to abut the ends of the transversal rods received in the engaging holes of the two side tubes.

2. The towel rack as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

two bases respectively attached to the two side tubes; and

two connecting pieces, each of the two connecting pieces engaged to a corresponding one of the side tubes and mounted between the positioning element and the base.

3. The towel rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the two side tubes on the front section has an opening end and an inner thread defined in the opening end;

each of the two connecting pieces has an outer thread to engage to the inner thread in the opening end of the front section.

4. The towel rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the two connecting pieces is a pillar stub and has non-round bulge with a threaded hole defined in the non-round bulge;

each of the two bases is a round cap and has a top face, a non-round recess defined on the top face to correspond to the non-round bulge, and a locking hole defined in a bottom of the non-round recess through the base.

5. The towel rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the multiple transversal rods has a distance substantially equal to a distance between two axle centers of the two side tubes and in parallel to the middle tube.

6. The towel rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the two positioning elements is a strip with a semicircular cross-section.

7. The towel rack as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of the two positioning elements has first and second ends, with a stop formed at the first end and a guiding surface defined at the second end.