Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Article holder attachable to apparel or body – Article held by clip with spring member
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-05
2001-10-16
Sakran, Victor N. (Department: 3626)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Article holder attachable to apparel or body
Article held by clip with spring member
C024S003600, C024S003120, C024S598700
Reexamination Certificate
active
06301751
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a hook-shaped arrangement and more particularly to a hook-shaped arrangement that comprises a main part, a hook-shaped device integral with said main part, and a holding device which is either integral with or attached to said main part.
The hook-shaped device is formed at one end of the main part and is adapted so that although it can be easily affixed to an object, it can only be removed from said object with difficulty, whereas the holding device is either formed integrally with or is attachable to the other end of the main part of said device and is adapted to be readily applied to a holding means so as to be readily fastened to and readily removed therefrom.
The present invention is primarily intended for use with an object, such as an identity card, and the holding means may comprise a chosen part of a person's clothing, such as the edge of a breast pocket.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Several different kinds of such hook-shaped object holding arrangements that have a use-appropriate design are known to the art.
For instance, it is known to hang pictures, paintings, on walls with the aid of a picture hook where the holding device is comprised of a hole and a nail and where the hook-shaped device includes an angle of 180° or slightly less.
It is also known to provide a separate unit which functions to prevent the picture cord leaving the hook-shaped device unintentionally.
Swedish Design Application 96-1094, registration number 60984, Apr. 30, 1997, describes a hook-shaped arrangement adapted for such application. In this case, the hook-shaped arrangement is comprised of a part which is partly circular in cross-section and which includes an angle of arc of slightly less than 360°.
This Design Application also discloses that the centre of said curved part is positioned in, or at least substantially in, a plane that extends through a central plane of the main part.
The device also includes a suitable slot between the free end of the curved part and said main part, while the free end of the curved part is angled away from said main part.
It is also evident from the Design Application that the main part has the same thickness as the curved part.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
When taking into consideration the technical deliberations that a person skilled in this particular art must undertake in order to provide a solution to one or more technical problems that he/she encounters, it will be seen that on the one hand it is necessary initially to realize the measures and/or the sequence of measures that must be undertaken to this end, and on the other hand to realize which means is/are required in solving one or more of said problems. On this basis, it will be evident that the technical problems listed below are highly relevant to the development of the present invention.
When considering the present state of the art as described above, it will be seen that in respect of a hook-shaped arrangement of the aforedescribed kind, a technical problem resides in the ability to create constructive conditions which will enable the hook-shaped device to be produced readily by means of a moulding process or like process in a two-part matrix and thereafter adapt said device such that while it can be easily applied to an object and therewith secure said object firmly, it can only be removed therefrom with difficulty.
Another technical problem is one of enabling said hook-shaped arrangement to be produced from a suitable and durable plastic material, and to adapt said hook-shaped device so that it can be caused to co-act readily with an identify card or like object with the main part of the hook-shaped device and said identity card being in specific alignment with one another.
Another technical problem is one of providing such a device that will ensure that the main part and the identity card will be positioned closely adjacent one another.
In this respect, a further technical problem is one of designing the hook-shaped device such that when a slotted identity card is caused to co-act with the hook-shaped device, it will only be possible to remove the identity card from said device after having turned the identity card about a horizontal rotational axis through an angle of 180° from its normal suspended position and into abutment with said main part, without needing to manipulate the hook-shaped device.
It will also be seen that a technical problem resides in configuring the hook-shaped device in relation to a slotted identity card co-acting therewith such that this mutual co-action will remain intact in each other position of rotation between the identity card and the hook-shaped device or the main part of said device.
It will also be seen that a technical problem resides in providing a hook-shaped device to which a chosen slotted identity card can be readily attached in co-action with said hook-shaped device.
It will also be seen that a technical problem resides in realizing the significance of and the advantages associated with allowing the center of a curved tongue on the hook-shaped device to be position in, or essentially in, a plane that coincides with a plane on one of the side surfaces of said main part.
Another technical problem is one of realizing the significance of and the advantages associated with allowing the free end of said tongue to extend in, or essentially in, a plane that coincides with a plane on that side surface of said main part which lies opposite to said one side surface of said main part.
It will also be seen that a technical problem is one of realizing the significance of allowing the angle of arc of the circular tongue to be greater than 300° but smaller than 340°.
Another technical problem is one of realizing the significance of giving the tongue a thickness that is half the thickness, or essentially half the thickness, of the main part.
It will also be seen that a technical problem is one of realizing the significance of and the advantages afforded by providing or forming on one end of the main part a projection that faces towards said tongue and that is positioned close to the side surface of said main part that lies opposite said one side surface of said main part and that is positioned in the region between said opposing side surfaces.
Another technical problem is one of realizing the significance of positioning the center of said curved tongue on one side of a plane on one of the side surfaces of said main part and extending from said plane on that side surface of the main part which lies opposite to said one side surface of said main part.
Another technical problem is one of realizing the significance of providing said main part in the proximity of said other end with one or two circular, barbed projections that will enable the hook-shaped device to be secured firmly to a holding means and rotated relative thereto when necessary.
In the case of a first type of projection, a technical problem resides in realizing the significance of providing said projection on one side surface of said main part and adapting said projection for a first type of holding means, such as a suspenders clip.
Another technical problem is one of realizing the significance of providing a second type of projection on that side surface of the main part which lies opposite said one side surface of said main part and which is adapted for co-action with another type of holding means, such as a crocodile clip.
It will also be seen that another technical problem is one of realising the significance of and the advantages afforded by providing conditions in which the diameter of the curved tongue is equal to the thickness of the tongue and is slightly less than the distance from an outer edge of an identity card to the slotted defining edge of said card opposite to said outer edge.
Another technical problem is one of realising the significance of and the advantages associated with producing said main part and said hook-shaped, tongue-like device from a plastic material, such as polycarbonate, such that said main part and s
Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis L.L.P.
Sakran Victor N.
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