Baus, Heinz G.;

Towel-holder

A towel-holder, more particularly for a shower- or bathtub-partition, comprises a supporting bar which is adapted to be secured, substantially horizontally, by connecting parts, to a wall and, furthermore, an extension bar which is arranged to be displaceable in a substantially horizontal plane in relation to the said supporting bar. The invention is intended to improve, at low cost, handling and to reduce the danger of damage to the holder or injury to the user. To this end the extension bar consists of at least two parts connected together by a hinge. With the supporting bar secured horizontally, the axis of the hinge runs substantially vertically and, in view of locking device, the front part of a extension bar can be set at specific angular positions in relation to the rear part and to the supporting bar.

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I claim:

1. A towel-holder, comprising a supporting bar having a longitudinal axis running horizontally and adapted to be secured by means of connecting parts and in a vertical plane of attachment to a wall, and an extension bar having an axis which is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar and which is arranged axially displaceably in relation to said supporting bar, wherein:

the extension bar comprises at least two parts, a front part and a rear part, connected together by means of a hinge, said front part and said rear part having the same outer contour as each other and each being formed from a hollow shaped rail having a rectangular cross sectional configuration, said hinge having an axis which is arranged substantially in parallel with said plane of attachment and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar.

2. A towel holder comprising a supporting bar having a longitudinal axis running horizontally and adapted to be secured by means of connecting parts and in a vertical plane of attachment to a wall, and an extension bar having an axis which is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar and which is arranged axially displaceably in relation to said supporting bar, wherein the extension bar comprises at least two parts, a front part and a rear part, connected together by means of a hinge, said hinge having an axis which is arranged substantially in parallel with said plane of attachment and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar, and said hinge consists of two elements each having a lug, each lug being arranged inside one hollow part of said extension bar.

3. A towel-holder comprising a supporting bar having a longitudinal axis running horizontally and adapted to be secured by means of connecting parts and in a vertical plane of attachment to a wall, and an extension bar having an axis which is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar and which is arranged axially displaceably in relation to said supporting bar, wherein the extension bar comprises at least two parts, a front part and a rear part, connected together by means of a hinge, said hinge having an axis which is arranged substantially in parallel with said plane of attachment and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar, and said hinge consists of two elements, each having a lug, each lug being pressed into one part of said extension bar.

4. A towel-holder according to claim 2, wherein said elements of the hinge comprise hinge-parts, each having a central bore, said elements being adapted to mesh into each other like combs, with a common hinge-pin passing through said central bores of said elements.

5. A towel-holder according to claim 4, wherein said elements of the hinge are identical.

6. A towel-holder according to claim 4, wherein each of said elements of the hinge comprises a locking catch with which is associated a locking groove of the other element.

7. A towel-holder according to claim 6, wherein the front part of the extension bar is longer than the rear part, the length of the said front part being greater than that of the said rear part by a factor of at least 2.

8. A towel-holder according to claim 7, wherein said factor is 3.

9. A towel-holder according to claim 7, wherein said factor is 4.

10. A towel-holder according to claim 1, wherein said supporting bar has a hollow interior and wherein the external contour of the hinge is, at the most, equal to the cross-section of said hollow interior of said supporting bar, said extension bar being mounted in the interior of said supporting bar in such a manner as to be displaceable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of said supporting bar and being adapted to be pulled out of one end of said supporting bar.

11. A towel-holder comprising a supporting bar having a longitudinal axis running horizontally and adapted to be secured by means of connecting parts and in a vertical plane of attachment to a wall, and an extension bar having a axis which is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar and which is arranged axially displaceably in relation to said supporting bar, wherein the extension bar comprises at least two parts, a front part and a rear part connected together by means of a hinge, said hinge having an axis which is arranged substantially in parallel with said plane of attachment and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar, and said extension bar is arranged in parallel with and behind said supporting bar, a guide part comprising a bearing opening engaging at least partly around the supporting bar, said guide part being arranged at the end of the rear part of said extension bar, and wherein one of said connecting parts comprises an opening in which said extension bar is displacably mounted.

12. A towel-holder according to claim 11, wherein said extension bar is arranged in a free space between said two connecting parts which are formed as angle pieces.

13. A towel-holder according to claim 11, wherein said one connecting part has a rear edge which is formed as a stop surface for said guide-part thus preventing the inadvertent pulling out of said extension bar beyond said connecting part.

14. A towel-holder according to claim 13, wherein said bearing opening has a rectangular cross-section in order to prevent said bearing-part from rotating about the longitudinal axis of the supporting bar.

15. A towel-holder according to claim 11, wherein each of said elements of the hinge comprises a locking catch with which is associated a locking groove of the other element, each locking catch being arranged to be resiliently mobile upon a lever.

16. A towel-holder according to claim 15, wherein each of said hinge-elements comprises a recess at the bottom of which is arranged the lever which is partly surrounded by gaps which pass through the bottom towards said axis of said hinge.