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US 2006/0218759 A1Published application
Sock Peg
OwnerStanishlaw Wierzbickiinventor
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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.
An integrally formed clamp for use as a clothes peg including:
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the locking device includes a ramp to guide the second handle portion into cooperative engagement with the locking device.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the locking device includes a shoulder and adjacent recess, and a protrusion of the second handle portion is adapted to ride over the shoulder and lockably rest in the recess, the protrusion held in the recess by the flexing force of the first and second arms.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second handle portion includes a guiding, longitudinally aligned slot configured to cooperate with a knob extending proud from the locking device.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the terminal end of the second handle portion includes a platform oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis thereof and the locking device includes a complementary flat surface adapted to abut the platform when the locking device and the second handle portion are cooperatively engaged.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the hinge comprises a portion of material extending between the locking device and the first handle portion, the hinge configured to be flexible without failing when subjected to continuous use.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first and second elongate members each include an elongate reinforcing ridge which tapers towards the respective ends of the elongate member.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first and second clamping portions include gripping features.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the gripping features include opposed rows of teeth on each of the inner facing surfaces of the first and second clamping portions.
A clamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the gripping features of each of the first and second clamping portions are adapted to complimentarily dove tail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.