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US 5,038,443 AGranted
Jiffy sure grip line holder
OwnerSalvatore Verdina, George Spectorinventors
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Abstract
A jiffy sure grip line holder is provided and consists of a spring for biasing a handle end of a lever that has an end of a clothes line tied thereto away from a handle end of another lever so that the jaw ends of the two levers will come together to grip an adjustable end of the clothes line therebetween.
Claims4
A jiffy sure grip line holder comprising:
- (a) a first lever being of a channel construction, with a jaw formed at one end and a handle formed at another end, said first lever having a longitudinal slot therethrough and an aperture in the handle at a right angle to the longitudinal slot so as to receive an adjustable end of a clothes line therethrough;
- (b) a second lever with a ratcheted jaw formed at one end and a handle formed at another end, said second lever having a transverse aperture in said handle for tying another end of the clothes line thereto;
- (c) means for pivotally attaching said first lever and said second lever between their centers whereby line tension pivots said jaws towards each other;
- (d) means for biasing the handle of said second lever away from the handle of said first lever so that the ratcheted jaw of said second lever will be retained within said longitudinal slot of said first lever to normally grip the adjustable end of the clothes line, until the handle of said first lever and the handle of said second lever are manually squeezed together to move the ratcheted jaw of said second lever away from the longitudinal slot to release the adjustable end of the clothes line.
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