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US 6,463,636 B1Granted
Sock mate
OwnerRussell Friedewaldinventor
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Abstract
A holder for socks which is barbell shaped when opened and has a snap receiver on one end of the barbell and a snap connector on the other opposite end.
Claims2
A sock holder comprising:
- a flexible connecting member mounted between and fixed to two larger diameter end members,
- one of said two end members having a snap receiver and the other of said two end members having a snap connector for mating with the snap receiver,
- each of said two end members being generally circular in shape with the snap receiver and snap connector being generally centered within their respective end member,
- said snap receiver consisting of a hole within the end member and the snap connector consisting of a stem extending from the end member with an enlarged end portion to engage the hole of the snap receiver to retain the two end members together,
- the exposed face surfaces of each end member opposite the surfaces with the snap receiver and the snap connector having identifying indicia,
- said identifying indicia including portions raised from the facing surface of the end member,
- wherein said snap receiver has a lip encircling the hole of the receiver, said lip being fixed to the surface of the end on which it is mounted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.