Laundry Clip
AssigneeKlipsta Ipco Pty Ltd
InventorKelly Walker
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Abstract
A laundry clip for holding socks together while being washed includes a clipping arrangement and may also have a hooking arrangement. The clipping arrangement may be moved between an open condition and a closed condition. A sock holder comprising a plurality of laundry clips is also described in conjunction with a bag to hold socks therein.
Claims23
A laundry clip for holding a pair of socks in association with each other, the laundry clip comprising:
- a. a clipping arrangement configured for clipping a pair of socks together;
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- b. a hooking arrangement configured for hooking the laundry clip to a washing line.
A laundry clip for holding a pair of socks in association with each other during washing and/or drying, the laundry clip comprising:
- a. a clipping arrangement including a pre-torsioned over-centre clip configured for clipping a pair of socks together, the over centre clip including at least a pair of opposed clamping members, the opposed clamping members being relatively movable between:
- i. an open condition in which socks are receivable between the clamping members;
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- ii. a closed condition in which socks are conveniently removable from between the clamping members.
A method of manufacture of a laundry clip for holding a pair of socks in association with each other during washing and/or drying, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an insert including at least a pair of outer arms and a centrally located clip member connected at a proximal end;
- b. bending the pair of outer arms towards each other to pre-torsion the pair of outer legs;
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- c. connecting the pair of outer arms to each other at a distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.