Beach towel for use with a pillow

Claim 1

A beach towel for use with a pillow, and characterized by simplicity and economy of construction, and the use of elements not susceptible to corrosion by salt or damage from sand, comprising: (a) an elongate, substantially rectangular fabric piece defining opposing, laterally extending top and bottom end edges and opposing, longitudinally extending side edges; (b) a pair of longitudinaly space-apart and laterally extending attachment members secured to said fabric piece proximate the top end thereof for permitting the top end of said fabric piece to be folded over itself and releasably attached in such position to form a tube for enclosing a pillow, one of said attachment members comprising a patch having numerous rows of hooklike projections, and the other of said pair of attachment members comprising a patch of loose, fibrous non-woven material for releasably interlocking with said hook-like projections; and (c) means for releasably attaching a plurality of said towels together side to side to form an oversized towel for use by several persons and to aid in preventing blowing of said towels by wind, said means comprising a patch of hook-like projections secured to one face of said fabric piece closely adjacent one side edge thereof, and a patch of loose, fibrous non-woven material secured to the other face of said fabric piece closely adjacent the other side edge thereof, whereby one of said towels may be releasably secured to another of said towels by overlapping their ajoining side edges and releasably interlocking said patch of hook-like projections with said patch of loose, fibrous non-woven material.