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Clothes pin

a technology for clothes pins and clothes, applied in the field of clothes pins, can solve the problems of affecting the manufacture and the associated costs, inconveniences of current fasteners, etc., and achieve the effects of optimizing the space available, not destroying clothes, and simple manufacturing

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-07-27
SILVA TACIANA DE ABREU E +1
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[0008] It is an object of the present invention to provide an item fastener, preferably of clothes, with multiple use, which is of simple manufacture and inexpensive, that does not destroy the clothes, and that makes possible to optimize the space available at most, presenting high mechanical resistance.
[0011] According to the invention, the fastener is absolutely innovative with regard to its shape and use. It is manufactured in a single piece, preferably by thermoplastic injection, which substantially reduces the manufacture cost thereof and provides the fastener with incredible durability.
[0012] The symmetrical shape of the clothespin allows its multiple use, holding the clothes by pressure, for example, in a clothesline, and at the same time, serving as hook for hanging other pieces of clothes, or lighter items, optimizing thereby the available space at most. The use of a flexible material piece makes possible to the fastener the exclusion of any type of mechanism to open and close, such as, for example, the conventionally used fastener's spring.
[0013] In accordance with the invention, another advantage of the fastener is its fine thickness, which allows a better storage, facilitating the wrapping and packing.

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Nonetheless, some drawbacks may be attributed to the current clothespins.
The fact of these fasteners are composed by three independent pieces hinders the manufacture and the associated costs thereof.
In addition, other inconveniences of the current fasteners consist in:

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[0018]FIG. 1 illustrates the fastener 1 comprising a single piece, which can be made of polymeric material by injection (thermoplastic), wood, non-corrosive metals and other flexible materials. The fastener is provided with a central body 2 and at least two opposite projections 3A, 3B, lightly drawn outside and in the shape of hook so that when the first projection 3A fastens by stressing the item in a certain support, for example, a clothesline, the second projection 3B necessarily turns upward, acting as a hook capable of bearing additional items, optimizing thereby the available physical space.

[0019] These projections 3A, 3B have internal grooves 4, that allow the internal item expansion. These grooves 4 can vary according to the thickness and weight of the item to be fastened or supported. In view of structural subjects, these grooves 4 contain round parts 5, with the final shape lightly oval in order to increase the resistance and to eliminate eventual cracks caused by the lat...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an item fastener device of multiple use, made in a single piece (1), which comprises a central body (2) and at least two opposed and symnmetrical projections (3A, 3B), lightly projected outside. The fastener is preferably used for holding, by pressure, clothes (8) in a support like a clothesline (7) and, simultaneously, for hanging further lighter objects (9).

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a fastener for multiple use, particularly used for the clothes drying. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART [0002] There are some types of clothespins in the market that vary in material and color in accordance with the following basic structure: three pieces, two mirrored halves made of plastic or wood connected by a third piece, that would be a mechanism of metal spring. [0003] Nonetheless, some drawbacks may be attributed to the current clothespins. The fact of these fasteners are composed by three independent pieces hinders the manufacture and the associated costs thereof. [0004] In addition, other inconveniences of the current fasteners consist in: [0005] i) the easy oxidation of the metal springs, that often stains the clothes; [0006] ii) the fact that they are not appropriate for holding delicate clothes; and [0007] iii) the inconceivable facility of breaking thereof. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008] It is an object of the p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A44B21/00A44B99/00D06F55/00
CPCY10T24/44769D06F55/00
Inventor SILVA, TACIANA DE ABREU EALBUQUERQUE, MARCELA MAGALHAES ALCANTARA DE
Owner SILVA TACIANA DE ABREU E