Hem holding device

Abstract

The invention thus comprises a hem holding device for the temporary shortening and raising of a hem line of an article of clothing by the wearer of that clothing. The device includes an elongated front panel having a first end, a second end, a front side and a rear side with a thin piercing pin extending off of the rear side of the front panel adjacent the first end thereof. A frame member has a proximal end extending off of the rear side of the front panel at the second end thereof, the frame member also having a distal end with a hinge thereon. A pivotable finger is attached to the hinge on the frame member, the finger having a first end in swingable engagement with the piercing pin, the finger also having a gripping surface defining a first plane. The rear side of the front panel defines a second plane, the first and second planes being parallel to one another to permit a folded article of clothing to be retained between the finger and the rearside of the front panel while being pierced by the piercing pin, without wrinkling or pinching the folded article of clothing therebetween. The front panel is at least three inches long. The pinching pin is at least three-eighths of an inch long to permit it to pierce several layers of folded clothing.

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