Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Clasp – clip – support-clamp – or required component thereof – Having gripping member formed from – biased by – or mounted on...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-08
2001-05-29
Sandy, Robert J. (Department: 3626)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on...
C024S343000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237200
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns a device for holding, by a clip action, at least one article in a textile material, and in particular a pair of socks.
BACKGROUND
We know that when socks are washed, this is done together with other garments, and after drying it is difficult to re-assemble them into pairs.
In stores, socks are sold in pairs. They are held together by means of light stitching or by means of plastic ties which penetrate the heel and the toe. In addition, a small card is places on the legs of the socks, this card bearing printed information such as the make and the size of the socks. This small card is also secured to the socks by means of sewing thread or plastic ties. When it is desired to use the socks, it becomes necessary to cut the stitching or the ties, using scissors for example. When doing this, it is easy to cut the socks when cutting the thread, or frequently, when there are no scissors within reach, one pulls upon the socks to break the thread or the ties. This again is liable to damage the socks by tearing them if excessive force is employed.
The problems which arise can be summarised as follows:
When washing the socks, it is desirable that they be held in pairs in order to prevent them from being separated.
During the sale of socks, it is desirable that they be held together in pairs, and one also requires an advertising element which can be removed easily after the purchase.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention therefore aims to provide a device for holding one or more textile articles, this holding action being reversible. The device according to the invention is intended not only to hold two socks together, but can also be used to hold a fabric coupon or another garment. Moreover, the device according to the invention can be used to suspend textile articles and can be used as an advertising medium. In addition. the device according to the invention is resistant during the wash, and more particularly during a machine wash and during drying.
To this end, the invention concerns a clipping device for at least one article in woven or non-woven material, such that it includes;
a first part fitted with a gripping device located at one of its ends,
a second part fitted with a gripping device located at one of its ends, and opposite to the first part,
a third part connecting the first and second parts, this third part being flexible and elastic.
The first part and the second part being mobile in relation to each other due to the s flexibility and elasticity of the third part, so that in the rest position, the gripping part of the first part and the gripping part of the second part are located opposite to each other to achieve a pinching action on the woven or non-woven material, and so that in the active position, the gripping device of the first part and the gripping device of the second part disengage in such a manner as to release the woven or non-woven material.
The article which is clipped is in a woven or non-woven material. As an example, this article can be in a textile material such as wool, cotton, or synthetic fibres such as Nylon®, Rislan®, etc., and can be woven or non-woven, meaning that it can be a veil obtained by the deposition of a suspension of fibres onto a matrix and then dried. It can, for example, be a non-woven veil in fibres of cotton, of cellulose, or any other types of fibre.
According to the invention, the gripping device of the first part includes teeth which are separated by serrations, and the gripping device of the second part also includes teeth which are separated by serrations, the serrations of the first part engaging between the teeth of the second part when the device is in the rest position.
According to one method of implementation of the invention, the device is such that the first part and the second part are circular arcs opposite to each other, so that the general shape of the device is oval, and the third part is also a circular arc, the centre of which is located alongside the gripping parts of the device, in such a manner that pressure exerted upon the first part and the second part at their ends opposite to the said gripping parts, allow the disengagement of the gripping device of the first part and the gripping device of the second part.
It is preferable that the first part and the second part should include serrations at their outer edges at the ends opposite to their gripping devices, allowing the said ends to be brought together manually in order to disengage the gripping device of the first part from the gripping device of the second part.
According to one method of implementation of the invention, the device also includes a plate, secured to the device by any suitable means, this plate being printed upon and bearing information such as the make of the clipped article. As an example, this plate can be a disk in printable polypropylene, secured at its centre onto a tab on the first part. The device according to the invention is also such that it includes, at the end opposite to the gripping part, a hook which enables the device to be placed onto a bar, such as the display racks normally used in department stores.
The device according to the invention is made of a resiliently flexible material, such as a device in a plastic material like polyvinyl chloride.
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patent: 3691596 (1972-09-01), Ulansey
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patent: 4261121 (1981-04-01), Coon
Barclay Duncan
Rodier Alain
Gilly Richard P.
Sandy Robert J.
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