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US 4,559,675 AGranted
Corsage support
OwnerKirk Devennyinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a support for fastening a decorative object such as a flower or corsage to an article of clothing comprising a pair of elements having cooperative shapes such that one clamps into the other, from one side thereof. A decorative object is secured to one of the elements. Accordingly one of the pair of elements can be clamped into the other from opposite sides of the article of clothing, clamping and catching the article of clothing therebetween and securing it thereto.
Claims14
A support for fastening a decorative object to an article of clothing comprising:
- a U-shaped channel member including a pair of legs having a small degree of resilience extending from a body joining the legs, the free ends of the legs being turned in toward each other, a plate fixed to and covering a face of the body opposite the legs, the plate having smoothed edges, a snap member comprising a back having a width greater than the space between the free ends of the legs, a protrusion from one face of the back having a bulbous profile in section, the width of the protrusion spaced from the face being slightly greater than the space between the free ends of the legs, the width of the protrusion adjacent the face being approximately the same as the space between the free ends of the legs, and the height of the protrusion being less than the height of the legs, the protrusion being adapted to be snapped between the legs of the channel opposite to the body with the material of said article of clothing retained therebetween and without penetrating the material of the clothing.
A support for fastening a decorative object to an article of clothing comprising:
- a U-shaped channel member including a pair of legs having a small degree of resilience extending from a body joining the legs, the free ends of the legs being turned in toward each other, a plate fixed to and covering a face of the body opposite the legs, the plate having smoothed edges, a snap member comprising a back having a width greater than the space between the free ends of the legs, a protrusion from one face of the back having a bulbous profile in section, the width of the protrusion spaced from the face being slightly greater than the space between the free ends of the legs, the width of the protrusion adjacent the face being approximately the same as the space between the free ends of the legs, and the height of the protrusion being less than the height of the legs, the protrusion being adapted to be snapped between the legs of the channel opposite to the body with the material of said article of clothing retained therebetween and without penetrating the material of the clothing, the snap member being substantially longer than the channel member, and means for securing the decorative object to the snap member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.