Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Clasp – clip – support-clamp – or required component thereof – Having gripping member formed from – biased by – or mounted on...
Patent
1994-12-09
1996-03-19
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on...
24545, 24552, 24 305T, 24DIG29, B65D 7700, A44B 2100
Patent
active
054994314
ABSTRACT:
This invention pertains to spring clip garment holders for holding garments, especially small garments such as pairs of socks, while the garments are being processed. In the rest position, the clip generally has a "U-shaped" configuration, including a bight and a pair of legs extending from the bight. The legs have upper sections extending toward each other, and lower sections extending away from each other, and the legs reside in surfaces which preferably intersect at an angle of no more than about 20 degrees. At least one of the legs includes a lock, such as a lock slot, for locking the legs together. In use, the spring clip garment holder is compressed, creating an opening for receiving a garment, and providing clearance for one leg to pass the other, thereby crossing one leg over the other. The compression is released after the garment is inserted into the opening, with the legs still crossed. Resilient restorative forces in the legs and bight urge the closing of the opening against the garment, thus holding the garment, and urge the facing surfaces of the legs against each other, thereby securing the locking of the legs together in the locks provided. The leg lock is thus engaged, providing secure holding of the garments while the garments are being processed.
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Mortensen Donald W.
Mortensen Erik D.
Sakran Victor N.
Wilhelm Thomas D.
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