Foldable/collapsible peg holder

A foldable/collapsible clothes peg holder for storing a plurality of pegs including:

• a body portion having an internal chamber for storing a plurality of clothes pegs, the body having a floor and dependent wall wherein the floor and wall are adapted to fold and/or collapse against each other in a transportable condition;
• a pair of oppositely disposed shoulders extending inwardly from an upper portion of the wall, the shoulders ending in a pair of oppositely disposed arms which extend substantially upwardly therefrom, the arms lying in a plane transverse to the plane of the shoulders, the shoulders and arms defining a longitudinal opening extending between the shoulders in a first mounting condition for access to the internal chamber so that pegs can be received by the body portion;
• the arms having a releasable fastening means at their respective ends to allow slidable mounting of the holder on a clothes line;
• wherein the body portion is sufficiently large relative to the arms as to hold a substantial quantity of pegs, and wherein as the internal chamber fills with pegs, the arms form internal concavities extending into the chamber and expand outwardly relative to the body in a direction transverse to the plane of the shoulders, and whereby the shoulders are urged towards each other causing a change in orientation of the opening between the opposite arms and thereby retain the pegs in a storage condition.

A variable geometry foldable/collapsible clothes peg holder including:

• a foldable/collapsible body having a closed waistband of generally elliptical configuration, the waistband being interconnected to a torso having front and opposing side portions, the waistband and torso providing an internal chamber for storing a plurality of clothes pegs;
• the side portions of the torso ending in a pair of oppositely disposed open shoulders, the shoulders being wider than the waistband in the absence of pegs within the internal chamber;
• the shoulders extending upwardly from and at an obtuse angle to the torso ending in a pair of oppositely disposed arms, wherein the shoulders and arms form a first longitudinal opening extending between the shoulders for access to the internal chamber in a mounted condition in the absence of pegs;
• the arms each having a fastening means on an end portion thereof for slidable and releasable attachment to adjacent lines on a washing line, wherein the each arm is adapted to hang downwardly from adjacent lines on the washing line in an attached condition;
• wherein as the number of clothes pegs received within the internal chamber increases, the shoulders and side portions of the torso are urged towards each other thereby altering the first opening to form a second opening which extends longitudinally between the arms, in a transverse direction to the first opening, to assist encapsulating pegs within the internal chamber.

A foldable/collapsible clothes peg holder including:

• a body having a closed waistband interconnected to a torso portion, the waistband and torso forming a collapsible chamber for storing a plurality of clothes pegs;
• a pair of oppositely disposed shoulders attached to the torso wherein the shoulders are wider than the waistband, the pair of shoulders extending upwardly from and at an obtuse angle to the torso ending in a pair of oppositely disposed foldable arms, the arms including fastening means at their respective ends so that the holder can be slidably and releasably mounted to adjacent lines of a washing line, wherein in a mounted condition, in the absence of pegs, the shoulders and arms form a first longitudinal opening extending between the opposite shoulders for receiving pegs;
• and
• wherein as the chamber progressively fills with pegs, the arms are urged outwardly of the torso and longitudinal concave cradle structures are formed centrally therein extending into the chamber, and wherein the shoulders are urged towards each other with progressive expansion of the arms to form a second longitudinal opening extending between the opposite arms thereby narrowing the opening of the holder in a direction transverse to the plane of the shoulders and partially collapsing the torso about the pegs thereby substantially securely retaining the pegs within the chamber.