Patent ID: 8307462

Claim:
A bath towel bib comprising: a collar adapted to form a releasably securable loop around a user's neck; an actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck; an absorbent cloth fixedly attached to the collar and operatively arranged to hang from the collar in front of the user's torso when the loop is releasably secured around the user's neck, wherein the actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck is operatively arranged to actuate when the absorbent cloth is pulled in a direction away from the user's neck; and an attachment configuration configured to maintain the bath towel bib around the torso of the user, wherein the loop is in the form of a C-shaped band of elastic material extending from the absorbent cloth and adapted to substantially surround the user's neck, wherein the actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck comprises the elasticity of the material of the C-shaped band, wherein the elasticity is sufficient to maintain the form of the loop when the absorbent cloth hangs from the collar in front of the user's torso, but insufficient to maintain the form of the loop when the absorbent cloth is pulled in a direction away from the user's neck; wherein further the attachment configuration for maintaining the bath towel bib around the torso of the user is insufficient to maintain the bath towel bib around the torso of the user when the absorbent cloth is pulled in a direction away from the user's neck; and wherein further the loop further comprises a securement mechanism comprising a U-shaped hook in each end of the loop; wherein the attachment configuration comprises: a first aperture having a inner surface; and a first strap extending from the absorbent cloth proximate a first side of the user's torso, the first strap having a first end and an outer surface, wherein the first end is insertable in the first aperture to form a frictional engagement between the outer surface of the first strap and the inner surface of the first aperture when the first end is arranged in the first aperture, and wherein the frictional engagement comprises a static friction sufficient to maintain the absorbent cloth around the torso of the user when the absorbent cloth hangs from the collar in front of the user's torso.