Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Combined diverse multipart fasteners – Clasp
Reexamination Certificate
1999-01-04
2001-06-12
Sakran, Victor N. (Department: 3026)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Combined diverse multipart fasteners
Clasp
C024S007000, C024S03050S, C024S459000, C024SDIG009
Reexamination Certificate
active
06243925
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a multipurpose holding device, mainly for temporarily holding together matching garments, in particular for treating pairs of garments. This device is a suitable fixing unit for pressing the garments together, the fixing unit having a primary supporting formed piece located on one side of the garments and a secondary supporting formed piece located on the other side of the garments.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
With the development of human clothes it has become increasingly complicated to keep them clean. Nowadays it takes considerable time to fold and store the various pairs of garments—e.g. socks, gloves—in a tidy state after cleaning.
For drying the various garments auxiliary devices are known which serve to fasten the garments to a drying device (e.g. a stretched clothesline). They include clothes pins.
A problem with known auxiliary devices for drying garments is that they mostly contain materials prone to corrosion or, because they consist of a plurality of constructional elements, they fall apart or break under strong physical influences, thereby becoming useless. Because of the above-mentioned unfavorable properties these auxiliary devices are unsuitable for holding the textiles together during washing as well.
It is unfavorable that known devices become useless after drying or during storage or can be used only with effort and in complicated fashion.
GB-A-2 063 066 discloses a multipurpose holding device. The primary and secondary formed pieces are located in the basal surface. The secondary supporting formed piece protrudes into the opening of the primary supporting formed piece. In the known multipurpose holding device the clamping effect leaves something to be desired.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to eliminate the defects of known auxiliary devices and provide a multipurpose holding device which permits pairs of garments to be held together reliably during washing and thereafter.
The invention is based on the idea of forming a molded part with a certain geometrical shape from an elastic material which firmly holds the various textiles together even in the case of strong external physical influences without the garments being damaged by thus being held together.
This is obtained according to the invention by a holding device—mainly for temporarily holding matching garments together, e.g. for treating paired garments—which has a fixing unit having a primary supporting formed piece on one side of the garments and a secondary supporting formed piece on the other side of the garments. The formation of the pieces is such that the primary supporting formed piece has a limiting member and an opening at least partly framed by the limiting member. The secondary supporting formed piece has a free flange extending into the opening of the primary supporting formed piece, expediently passing therethrough. The primary supporting formed piece and the secondary supporting formed piece are interconnected by a connecting neck. The connecting neck encloses an acute angle with at least one of the holding surfaces of the primary supporting formed piece or the secondary supporting formed piece, and the primary supporting formed piece and/or the secondary supporting formed piece and/or the connecting neck being made of a material capable of elastic deformation.
A further feature of the inventive multipurpose holding device is that the primary supporting formed piece is supplemented by a suspension formed piece.
It is advantageous that the inner connecting surface of the limiting member of the primary supporting formed piece in the direction of the free flange of the secondary supporting formed piece, and/or the outer surface of the limiting member in opposite position to the inner connecting surface, and/or the connecting surface of the free flange of the secondary supporting formed piece in the direction of the opening of the primary supporting formed piece, and/or the pressing surface of the free flange opposite the connecting surface are provided with a friction-increasing rough area.
In another embodiment of the inventive multipurpose holding device, the primary supporting formed piece and/or the secondary supporting formed piece are provided with a marking permitting differentiation. The primary and secondary supporting formed pieces and the connecting neck of the fixing unit are made of an elastic, impact-resistant, non-corrodible material, expediently plastic.
An important advantage of the multipurpose holding device according to the invention is that it consists of a single piece which has corresponding elasticity and which exerts the necessary force for holding the paired garments together without damage even during the cleaning process.
A further advantage is that the holding device is suitable for clearly marking the various garments so that garments of different owners are easy to identify, e.g. after cleaning.
It is advantageous that the holding device does not hinder the cleaning of the clothes, and causes no damage to the textiles during washing.
It is further advantageous that the inventive holding device can be produced with known technology in a simple way and requires no cleaning or maintenance.
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Flynn ,Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.
Sakran Victor N.
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