EP1534887A4 - Sock peg - Google Patents

Sock peg

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Publication number
EP1534887A4
EP1534887A4 EP03757523A EP03757523A EP1534887A4 EP 1534887 A4 EP1534887 A4 EP 1534887A4 EP 03757523 A EP03757523 A EP 03757523A EP 03757523 A EP03757523 A EP 03757523A EP 1534887 A4 EP1534887 A4 EP 1534887A4
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Prior art keywords
handle portion
clamping
elongate
portions
locking device
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EP03757523A
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German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1534887B1 (en
EP1534887A1 (en
Inventor
Stanislaw John Wierzbicki
John Earnest Oretti
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
UNIPEG INTERNATIONAL Pty Ltd
UNIPEG INTERNAT Pty Ltd
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UNIPEG INTERNATIONAL Pty Ltd
UNIPEG INTERNAT Pty Ltd
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Classifications

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

Abstract

An integrally formed clamp in the form of a sock peg including: 1. An opposed pair of first ( 101 ) and second ( 102 ) elongate substantially rigid members, the first elongate member ( 101 ) having a first handle portion ( 104 ) and a first clamping portion ( 106 ) and the second elongate member ( 102 ) having a second handle portion ( 105 ) and a second clamping portion ( 107 ); 2. A flexible joint ( 103 ) intermediate the lengths of the first ( 101 ) and second ( 102 ) elongate members configured to urge the first ( 106 ) and second ( 107 ) clamping portions into abutment; and 3. A locking device ( 130 ) preferably in the form of a rigid bridge, wherein the locking device has a first end hinged ( 120 ) to the first handle portion and rotatable about the hinge ( 120 ) and a second free end ( 131 ) adapted to releasably cooperate with the second handle portion ( 105 ) such as by frictional or positive engagement, whereby to lock the first ( 104 ) and second ( 105 ) handle portions in spaced relationship at the first ( 106 ) and second ( 107 ) clamping portions in abutting relationship in order to clamp an article of clothing such as a pair of socks.
EP03757523A 2002-09-04 2003-09-04 Sock peg Expired - Lifetime EP1534887B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
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 EP1534887A1 (en) 2005-06-01
EP1534887A4 true 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)

Families Citing this family (10)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
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
BRPI0711668A2 (en) * 2006-06-08 2011-11-16 Reener Garth Pieter Van catch
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
ITAN20130186A1 (en) * 2013-10-11 2015-04-12 Idea Company Srl MOBILE FURNISHED FOR LAUNDRY SERVICES
CN107677333A (en) * 2017-10-17 2018-02-09 三胜智慧科技（北京）有限公司 A kind of coupling device for metallic conduit signal transmission
CN107830020A (en) * 2017-11-23 2018-03-23 杭州爱尚智能家居有限公司 A kind of clamping device with lock function and application thereof
RU193566U1 (en) * 2019-06-05 2019-11-05 Геннадий Яковлевич Вайгандт Clip hook

Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1874871A (en) * 1931-03-20 1932-08-30 Bower Sigmund Clothespin
US2173010A (en) * 1938-12-01 1939-09-12 Amario David De Clothespin
DE8803679U1 (en) * 1988-03-18 1988-08-04 Tavares, Joaquim De, Dipl.-Math., 2000 Hamburg, De
EP0302135A1 (en) * 1987-08-07 1989-02-08 Peter Bengsch Clip for attaching flat objects to a supporting device
US5179768A (en) * 1992-08-17 1993-01-19 Jio Chain Fou Clothespin
DE4238523A1 (en) * 1992-11-16 1994-05-19 Christian Kossack Appts for holding socks in pairs while drying - has clamp containing a suspension device for hanging socks on lines with different diameters

Family Cites Families (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3135034A (en) * 1961-05-01 1964-06-02 Henri A Fauteux Clothes pins
NZ212736A (en) * 1985-07-15 1990-02-26 Brendan Jon Lindsay Clip for coat hanger
GB2259108B (en) * 1991-08-12 1995-01-18 Pendy Plastic Prod A moulding for receiving a former to produce a garment support, and a moulded clip therefor
GB2327975B (en) * 1997-07-30 2001-10-24 Ivor Barrie Langford Holding device
GB2333798B (en) * 1998-01-28 2000-01-19 Leslie Maidment Integrally moulded self-closing plastic peg
JP3113984U (en) * 2005-06-23 2005-09-22 マルソー産業株式会社 Skirt hanging clip

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1874871A (en) * 1931-03-20 1932-08-30 Bower Sigmund Clothespin
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
DE8803679U1 (en) * 1988-03-18 1988-08-04 Tavares, Joaquim De, Dipl.-Math., 2000 Hamburg, De
US5179768A (en) * 1992-08-17 1993-01-19 Jio Chain Fou Clothespin
DE4238523A1 (en) * 1992-11-16 1994-05-19 Christian Kossack Appts for holding socks in pairs while drying - has clamp containing a suspension device for hanging socks on lines with different diameters

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ZA200501374B (en) 2007-01-31
AU2002951196A0 (en) 2002-09-19
DE60328998D1 (en) 2009-10-08
WO2004022835A1 (en) 2004-03-18
EP1534887B1 (en) 2009-08-26
WO2004022835A8 (en) 2005-05-19
ATE440991T1 (en) 2009-09-15
CA2495786A1 (en) 2004-03-18
US20060218759A1 (en) 2006-10-05
RU2005104935A (en) 2005-12-10
JP2005537100A (en) 2005-12-08
EP1534887A1 (en) 2005-06-01
RU2326195C2 (en) 2008-06-10
CN1692197A (en) 2005-11-02
CN100404748C (en) 2008-07-23

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