Patent ID: 6845870

Claim:
A towel rack comprising a mounting bracket, a hanging rod assembly and a pivot pin; the mounting bracket having a body having a length, a top edge, a bottom edge, two parallel ends and an inside surface; two wings integrally formed with the two parallel ends of the body, extending parallel to each other from the inside surface and respectively having a through hole, wherein the through holes are aligned with each other; a domed protrusion formed on each respective wing near the top edge, wherein the dome protrusions are aligned with each other; multiple mounting holes are defined through the body; and multiple limits are formed on the inside surface of the body in a line slightly above the through holes in the wings; the hanging rod assembly pivotally attached to the mounting bracket by the pivot pin and having two bent support rods, each having a short portion with an inner end corresponding to one of the limits on the body and a transverse hole defined near the inner end said transverse holes being aligned with the through holes in the wings; and a long portion obliquely extending from the short portion and having a distal end; a cross member securely attached between the short portions of the bent support rods; and a hanging rod securely attached to the distal ends of the long portions; and the pivot pin extending through the two wings and the short portions of the bent support rods, wherein the free end of the short portion of each bent support rod abuts the corresponding limit when the hanging rod assembly is lowered relative to the mounting bracket, and the hanging rod being held in place by the domed protrusions on the wings of the mounting bracket when the hanging rod assembly is raised relative to the mounting bracket.