Patent ID: 7685648

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, a first aperture having a first inner surface, wherein the loop comprises a first strap extending from the absorbent cloth proximate a first side of the user's neck, the first strap having a first end and an outer surface, the first end is insertable in the first aperture, and the actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck comprises a first frictional engagement between the outer surface and the first inner surface when the first end is arranged in the first aperture wherein the first frictional engagement comprises a static friction 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 the first end of the first strap is larger than the first aperture.