Systems and methods for preventing laundry tangles
AssigneeBrayniacs LLC
InventorCynthia Moltz Bray
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Abstract
Systems and methods for attaching large articles of bedding such as bed sheets, blankets, duvet covers, comforters, and quilts, as well as other machine-washable large items such as sleeping bags, tablecloths, shower curtains, and shower curtain liners, in order to prevent or greatly reduce said articles from twisting, tangling, balling and/or wadding either independently or with each other in either or both the automatic washing machine or automatic clothes dryer. Exemplary fabric securing devices include a rigid base having keyholes and slit-holes, and flexible straps or tongues having a hollow post to engage a base keyhole and a crescent-shaped beveled edge to engage a base slit-hole.
Claims18
A fabric securing device, comprising:
- a rigid base having a first keyhole, a first slit-hole located next to the first keyhole, a second keyhole, and a second slit-hole located next to the second keyhole;
- a first flexible tongue having a neck, a crescent-shaped beveled edge, a top surface, a bottom surface, a hollow post protruding from the top surface, and an opening in the bottom surface opposite the hollow post;
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- a second flexible tongue having a neck, a crescent-shaped beveled edge, a top surface, a bottom surface, a hollow post protruding from the top surface, and an opening in the bottom surface opposite the hollow post,
- wherein the first keyhole is configured to receive the hollow post of the first tongue and the first slit-hole is configured to receive the beveled edge of the first tongue, thereby providing a reversible coupling between the base and the first tongue,
- wherein the second keyhole is configured to receive the hollow post of the second tongue and the second slit-hole is configured to receive the beveled edge of the second tongue, thereby providing a coupling between the base and the second tongue, and
- wherein the fabric securing device is configured to attach with an article of fabric when the hollow post of the first tongue is located in the first keyhole of the base and a first section of the article of fabric is positioned between the hollow post of the first tongue and the first keyhole of the base, and when the hollow post of the second tongue is located in the second keyhole of the base and a second section of the article of fabric is positioned between the hollow post of the second tongue and the second keyhole of the base.
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