EP1534887A1 - Sock peg - Google Patents
Sock pegInfo
- Publication number
- EP1534887A1 EP1534887A1 EP03757523A EP03757523A EP1534887A1 EP 1534887 A1 EP1534887 A1 EP 1534887A1 EP 03757523 A EP03757523 A EP 03757523A EP 03757523 A EP03757523 A EP 03757523A EP 1534887 A1 EP1534887 A1 EP 1534887A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- clamp according
- handle portion
- locking device
- clamp
- portions
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
- D06F55/00—Clothes-pegs
- D06F55/02—Clothes-pegs with pivoted independent clamping members
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
- D06F95/00—Laundry systems or arrangements of apparatus or machines; Mobile laundries
- D06F95/008—Devices for keeping articles together during laundering, e.g. for keeping socks in pairs ; Devices for protecting or shielding certain parts of the articles during laundering, e.g. button protectors
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
- Y10T24/44—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
- Y10T24/44641—Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
- Y10T24/44769—Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material
Definitions
- This invention relates to a garment clamp for clamping pairs of garments, such as socks, tights or stockings together for storage or washing, drying or Other processing.
- US 5,944,236 (Cinque) describes a two-part device having hi ⁇ geably connected jaws which may be locked in the clamping position by the application of a separate securing member.
- the described clamp cannot be made in one piece and operators would be likely to experience difficulty in manipulating the part components to successfully secure a pair of garments.
- US 5,357,660 (Smith) there is described a two-part tab bearing a numerical o ⁇ other indicia to be attached to each member of a pair of garments to enable the socks to be matched according to the indicia. It can be seen that this system still pcrmjLs the separation of members of pairs of garments and still requires sorting and recombining of the members of pairs subsequent to processing such as washing.
- the present invention provides an integrally formed clamp including: an opposed pair of first and second elongate substantially rigid members, the first elongate member having a first handle- portion and a first clamp portion and the second elongate member having a second handle portion and a second clamping portion; a flexible joint intermediate the lengths of the first and second elongate members configured to urge the fust and second clamping portions into abutment; and locking device, wherein the locking device has a first end hinged to the first handle portion and rotatabie about the hinge and a second free end adapted to releasably cooperate with the second, handle portion whereby to lock the first and second handle portions in spaced relationship and the first and second clamping portions in abutting relationship.
- the clamp is suitable for keeping members of a pair of garments together during laundry processing, wherein; in the passive state the first and second clamping portions are urged into abutment and the firs- and second handle portions are held in spaced relationship by the flexible joint; upon compression of the first and second handle portions, the first and second clamping portions are forced apart such that the first and second clamping portions a e adapted to receive ihe pair of garments and to clamp together the garments when the first and second handle portions are released; and the abutting clamping portions secure the garments against disloclgment from the clamp during processing.
- the clamp may be made from a variety of materials suitable for the purpose.
- the clamp may be made from moulded plastic material.
- the clamp material should be suitable for the particular application.
- the material will of necessity be heat resistant and chemically resistant sufficiently resistant to detergents to avoid chemical degradation during the washing cycle, ft is preferred that the clamp material be made from polypropylene or similar plastics materials.
- the clamp is preferably comprised of a unitary structure integrally formed by, for example, moulding, Preferably, the mo.ulding process is carried out using an injccLion' moulding process.
- the clamp is preferably integrally formed whereby each of its components comprise the same material, the properties of flexibility and rigidity are generally achieved by the shape or configuration of the various components as determined by the die during the moulding process.
- the elongate members may be reinforced against flexible bending by ribs and other reinforcing structures.
- the elongate members may be bow shaped.
- the elongate members may include reinforcing ribs on their respective concave sides whereby to resist further bowing.
- the .length of cure, temperature conditions, etc are moulding conditions which can be used to modify the clamp's properties. Accordingly, the joint portion may be selectively heat treated or physically weakened by, for example, applying a notch to the joint, surface, to weaken the joint and permit greater flexibility subsequent to the moulding process.
- the clamp does not include metal components and all components of the clamp are made from non-penetrating materials, both in te ⁇ hs of material hardness, consistency and shape, whereby to avoid garment damage associated with penetration and tearing.
- the first and second clamping portions may include on their respective inner opposed surfaces, gripping features, such as staggered or mutually co-operating ribbed, ripple or undulating surface features.
- tine clamping portion may include opposed internal tooth features.
- the features may be directly opposed rather than airanged in mating relationship.
- the opposed internal surface features may be similar to traditional clothes peg gripping surfaces or may be sawtoothed to provide a strong friction grip, in all cases, however, the internal opposed surface features of the clamping portions should be sufficiently non-penetrative to avoid tearing or damage to the garments during the washing cycle or other treatment process.
- the joint is preferably sprung whereby a low loading is all that is required to compress the first and second handles towards one another whereby to achieve a spacing of the clamping portions relative to one another.
- the locking device prevents the first and second handle portions from being compressed towards one another. The locking device forcibly spaces the handle portions apart whereby to achieve in the first and second clamping portions a strong clamping action.
- the locking device may be in the form of a bridge flexibly attached to one of the first and second handles and releasably engageable to the other of the first and second handle portions.
- the locking device may be in the form of a wedge or other bracing element integrally formed with one or other of the first and second handles and adapted to be inserted therebetween in a frictional or positively engaging bracing relationship whereby to prevent the firsL and second handle portions from being displaced towards one another.
- the bridge may include a cam surface adapted to ride over a protrusion on the other of the first and second handle portions and to further include a recess adapted to positively engage the protrusion.
- the clamp may further include a clothes line attachment means integrally formed on the external surface of one of the first and second elongate members.
- the clothes line attachment means may include a hook or clip.
- the hook is sufficiently sprung to permit resilient deformation whereby to admit the clothes line into a hook recess defined by the hook.
- the hook recess is sufficiently spatially tight to resist relative movement of the clamp relative to the clothes line whereby to resist displacement in moderate or high wind conditions.
- the clamp may include indicia on one or more of its components to indicate ownership (such as in the case of a particular hotel) or the nature of the garments to which the clamp is to be attached.
- the indicia may be alpha and/or numeric or include some other symbol types or systems such as braille,
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sock peg according to one embodiment of the first invention
- Figure 2 is a reverse perspective view of the embodiment shown in Figure
- Figure 3 is a side view of a bridge included in the first embodiment;
- Figure 4 is a part view of the bridge shown in Figure 10;
- Figure 5 is a side view of a hinge connecting the bridge of Figure 10 to an extension of the first embodiment; and figure 6 is a side view of a detent included in the first embodiment.
- Figure 7 is a side view of a sock peg according to a second embodiment; and Figure 8 is an upper perspective view of the socl peg according to a second embodiment.
- a sock peg 1 having a clamping portion 10. a handle portion 20, a flexible joint 30, a . hook 40 and a hingedly connected bridge portion 50,
- the clamping portion 10 and handle portion 20 comprise a pair of opposed first and second elongate members 60, 70.
- Bach of tlie first and second elongate members 60, 70 is marginally bow shaped, whereby the sections of the elongate members 60, 70 corresponding to the clamping portion 1 are predominantly parallel, whereas the sections corresponding to the handle portion 20 diverge from the flexible joint 30 to their respective 'first and second terminal ends 61- 71.
- the internal facing surfaces thereof 62, 72 include facing oi complementary arranged teeth.
- the opposing teeth 73 aie not staggered, but face each other.
- the teeth 73 are configured to frictionally grip a pair of garments (not shown) such as a pair of 5 socks.
- On the external surfaces of tlie elongate members 60, 70 are a series of longitudinal and transverse ribs to provide reinforcement and added rigidity to the elongate members 60, 70.
- the longitudinal ribs 74 extend from a point intermediate tlie length of the clamping portion 10 section of the elongate members 60, 70 clown to their terminating ends 65, 75.
- the longitudinal ribs 74 extend from a point intermediate tlie length of the clamping portion 10 section of the elongate members 60, 70 clown to their terminating ends 65, 75.
- ⁇ bs transverse ⁇ bs
- the arched configuration of the flexible joint 30 ensures that Lhe elongate members 60, 70 are urged into a clamping position when the sock peg 1 is in the passive state
- the bridge 50 is connected to the extension 41 by means of a narrow hinge 42.
- the first terminal end 61 includes a recess 43 which is adapted to receive a narrow portion 52 extending from the expanded portion 51.
- the bridge 50 furthei includes a brace portion 53 adapted to extend between the gap separating the first and second terminal ends 61, 71.
- a first end 54 includes an abutting surface is adapted to abut against the internal surface 44 neai the first terminal end 61.
- the bracing portion 53 extends to a catch 55.
- Tlie catch includes a cam r ramp surface 56 adapted to ride over a detent 77 located near the second terminal end 71 and to be pressed into engagement with the detent 77.
- the second terminal end 71 includes a guide 78 which stands proud at the top of the second terminal end 71 and is adapted to be received within slot 57 at the free end of the bridge 50. Accordingly, the bridge 50 may be positively engaged with the first and second terminal ends 61.71 whereby to lock the handle portion 20 against compressive forces which would otherwise be operative to open the clamp portion 10 and to release any garments secured therein.
- the sock peg 1 is effective to secure a pair of garments in the clamp portion 1 for the duration of the processing of the garments, such as in a clothes washing cycle and drying process.
- the sock peg 1 includes the hook portion 40 depending from the extension 41.
- the book portion 40 is configured for marginal deformability whereby to flex away from the first elongate member 60 to enable a wire, such as clothes wire, to be inserted into the space defined by the hook portion 40 and the first elongate member 60.
- the hook portion 40 at its free end 45 is slightly outwardly bent to more easily admit wire into the space 46.
- the space 46 is wedge shaped whereby it is widest at the extension 41 end.
- the sock peg of the first embodiment is shown in greater detail. It can be seen that the sock peg 1 is capable of being injection moulded in one piece using identical polymeric material for all components. This method of manufacture is advantageous in terms of cost of simplicity of supply of materials and manufacturing efficiency. Tire first embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 6 is integrally formed by injection moulding.
- the sock peg 100 includes a pair of first and second opposed substantially parallel elongate members 1 1, 102 joined intermediate their respective lengths by a flexible arch forming a joint 103.
- the first and second elongate members 101, 102 include a pair of opposed first and second handle portions 104, 105 at an upper end and. a pair of opposed first and second clamping portions 106, 1 7. t a lower end.
- Attached to the terminal end of the first handle portion 1 4 is a clip 108 having a flexible arm 109 defining a hook recess 110 which is adapted to receive a clothes line.
- the clip 108 can engage with a clothes line, by forcing the clothes line through the entrance 111 of the recess 11 , over a detent 1 12 located on the inside surface of the flexible arm 109 whereby the clothes line comes to rest securely in the crook of the recess 110.
- the clamp 100 is thereby resistant to minor removal forces such as wind gusts by the operation of the detent 112 and the resilient nature of the flexible arm 109.
- a locking device is hingedly attached to the clip 108 by a thin flat flexible portion of material forming a hinge 120.
- the locking device 130 is adapted to rotate about the hinge 120 whereby the terminal end 131 of the locking device 130 is adapted to lockably engage with the upper free end 113 of the second handle portion 105.
- the underside of the locking device 130 includes a cam surface 132 adapted to ride over a protrusion 114 at the free end 113.
- the cam surface 132 terminates in a shoulder 133 which, together with the underside of the locking device 130, defines a locking recess 133 into which the protrusion 114 is adapted to rest when the locking device 130 is in the locking position,
- the free end 113 includes an upstanding knob 11 5 extending normal to a platform
- the platform 116 lies in a plane generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the second elongate member 102, Corresponding to the knob 115 the terminal end 131 includes a slot 134 (most clearly seen in Figure 9) which is adapted to cooperate with the knob 1 15. A lower planar surface 135 adjacent the locking recess 133 is adapted to abut the platform 116 when the locking device 130 is in the locked position.
- the cam surface 132 tapers linearly towards the hinge 120 in the form of a ramp or resting surface 136.
- the resting surface 136 is adapted to abut a support surface 117 located on the inside of the first handle portion 104.
- Protrusions 137 or other surface features such as ridges, grooves, bumps or a roughened surface are provided on the surface of the locking device 130.
- the protrusions 137 enable an operator to grip the locking device 130 to enable the bridge or locking device 130 to be flipped open to release the socks clasped between clamping portions 106, 107, As clearly seen in Figures 8 and 9, each of the first and second elongate members
- 101- 102 includes an elongate reinforcing ridge 140, 141 which each extends substantially the length of the respective first and second elongate members 101, 102.
- the ridges 140, 141 improve the rigidity of the elongate members 101, 102 so that substantial flexing occurs only in the upper sections of the first and second handle portions 104, 105, due to the tapering of the ridges 140, 141 in the vicinity of those upper sections.
- the opposed internal surfaces 142, 143 of the first and second clamping portions 106. 107 include complimentary sets of staggered teeth 144 which are adapted to grip the garments in use.
- Orientational terras used in the specification and claims such as top, bottom, upper and lower are to be interpreted as relational and are based on the premise that the peg will usually be considered with the locking device 130 upper most.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU2002951196A AU2002951196A0 (en) | 2002-09-04 | 2002-09-04 | Sock peg |
AU2002951196 | 2002-09-04 | ||
PCT/AU2003/001135 WO2004022835A1 (en) | 2002-09-04 | 2003-09-04 | Sock peg |
Publications (3)
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EP1534887A1 true EP1534887A1 (en) | 2005-06-01 |
EP1534887A4 EP1534887A4 (en) | 2006-08-30 |
EP1534887B1 EP1534887B1 (en) | 2009-08-26 |
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EP03757523A Expired - Lifetime EP1534887B1 (en) | 2002-09-04 | 2003-09-04 | Sock peg |
Country Status (11)
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US (1) | US20060218759A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1534887B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2005537100A (en) |
CN (1) | CN100404748C (en) |
AT (1) | ATE440991T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2002951196A0 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2495786A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60328998D1 (en) |
RU (1) | RU2326195C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2004022835A1 (en) |
ZA (1) | ZA200501374B (en) |
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ES2297956B1 (en) * | 2004-05-05 | 2009-08-31 | Pedro Iglesias Fernandez | CLAMP FOR SOCKS. |
DE102004025914A1 (en) * | 2004-05-27 | 2005-12-22 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Clamping device for seam ends and device for drying and / or smoothing a garment |
JP3113984U (en) * | 2005-06-23 | 2005-09-22 | マルソー産業株式会社 | Skirt hanging clip |
AP2008004714A0 (en) * | 2006-06-08 | 2008-12-31 | Garth Pieter Van Reenen | Clothes peg |
US20090057351A1 (en) * | 2007-08-28 | 2009-03-05 | Thinh Duc Nguyen | Hanger with interlocking cam clip |
KR101134950B1 (en) | 2009-06-26 | 2012-04-16 | 김형준 | Hang Nipper |
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- 2003-09-04 CA CA002495786A patent/CA2495786A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-09-04 US US10/526,910 patent/US20060218759A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-09-04 JP JP2004533051A patent/JP2005537100A/en active Pending
- 2003-09-04 EP EP03757523A patent/EP1534887B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2003-09-04 DE DE60328998T patent/DE60328998D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2003-09-04 WO PCT/AU2003/001135 patent/WO2004022835A1/en active Application Filing
- 2003-09-04 CN CNB038229080A patent/CN100404748C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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US2173010A (en) * | 1938-12-01 | 1939-09-12 | Amario David De | Clothespin |
EP0302135A1 (en) * | 1987-08-07 | 1989-02-08 | Peter Bengsch | Clip for attaching flat objects to a supporting device |
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US5179768A (en) * | 1992-08-17 | 1993-01-19 | Jio Chain Fou | Clothespin |
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RU2005104935A (en) | 2005-12-10 |
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CN100404748C (en) | 2008-07-23 |
WO2004022835A8 (en) | 2005-05-19 |
AU2002951196A0 (en) | 2002-09-19 |
WO2004022835A1 (en) | 2004-03-18 |
CN1692197A (en) | 2005-11-02 |
EP1534887B1 (en) | 2009-08-26 |
DE60328998D1 (en) | 2009-10-08 |
RU2326195C2 (en) | 2008-06-10 |
JP2005537100A (en) | 2005-12-08 |
US20060218759A1 (en) | 2006-10-05 |
ZA200501374B (en) | 2007-01-31 |
EP1534887A4 (en) | 2006-08-30 |
CA2495786A1 (en) | 2004-03-18 |
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