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.
Claims15
A fabric securing system, comprising:
- a base having a first female keyhole and a second female keyhole, the first female keyhole having a first central widened portion, and a first peripheral widened portion, and the second female keyhole having a second central widened portion, and a second peripheral widened portion;
- a first male button having a first hollow post and a first cap;
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- a second male button having a second hollow post and a second cap,
- wherein the first female keyhole is configured to slidingly receive the first hollow post of the first male button from the first central widened portion into the first peripheral widened portion,
- wherein the second female keyhole is configured to slidingly receive the second hollow post of the second male button from the second central widened portion into the second peripheral widened portion, and
- wherein the fabric securing system is configured to attach with an article of fabric when the first hollow post of the first male button is located in the first female keyhole and a first section of the article of fabric is positioned between the first hollow post of the first male button and the first female keyhole, and when the second hollow post of the second male button is located in the second female keyhole and a second section of the article of fabric is positioned between the second hollow post of the second male button and the second female keyhole.
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