US1355376A - Clothes and line grip - Google Patents

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LABSENEAU.

CLOTHES AND LiNE GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-13,1920.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

UNITED STATES JOHN ARSENEAU, 0F SHEDIAC, NEW BRUNSWICK, CAN 'ADA.

CLOTHES AND- LINE GRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Application filed January 13, 1920. Serial No. 351,204.

T 0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ARSENEAU, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the town of Shediac, in'the Province of New Brunswick, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes and Line Grips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pins, designed for hanging clothes, either on a rope, in rooms, presses, or for holding oflice papers and files, and the objects of the invention are to facilitate securing an article to be hung between the jaws of the pin, and thus suspending the pin from a suspending means such as a rope, cord, or the like, to simplify the arrangement of the several parts of the pin, and better adapt it to perform the functions required of it.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists essentially of the improved construction, particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same. i

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved pin as seen when hanging clothes from a line.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the improved p Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one member of the pin.

Fig.5 is a front elevation of the second member of the pin.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side elevation of the upper end of the two members of the pin, showing the method of securing the same together. I

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a pin, consisting of two members, B and C, hin edly connected together.

The member B is formed of a piece of resilient wire, which is bent in U-shape, and is provided with a curl 10, after which the piece of wire is bent substantially rectangular to form a jaw 11.

The wire is then; bent to form a second curl or eyelet 12, which is arranged in alinement with the eyelet 10, and the free ends of the wire are then secured together as shown at 13. i

The second member C is formed of a piece of resilient wire, and is bent to form a shank 14 from which a laterally. extending. U- shaped projection 15 is formed, and the wire is then bent to form a jaw 16.

The wire is now bent to form a second lateral projection 17, in alinement with the projection 15, and the shank is completed by securing the end 18 of the wire to the other ortion of the shank.

In t is case, one end of the wire is formed with an upwardly extending projecting end 19 having a lateral angularly disposed hook member 20. I

The projections 15 and 17 engage with the rings or eyelets 10 and 12, and the offset hook end 20 of the member C is designed to pass through the upper U-shaped end of the member B, the jaws 11 and 16 being designed to engage. The members B and C are under tension when in a closed position, this bein effected by offsetting the jaws 11 and 16 as shown in Fig. 2.

It will thus be seen that the two members B! and C are hingedly connected and may be opened, and clothes will be embraced be tween the jaws 11 and 16 of the pin A.

The jaws are then closed by rotating the shank 16 toward the upper portion ,of the member B, and passing the offset hook end 20 through the U-shaped upper portion of the member B.

It should be particularly noticed that when the hook end 20 is released from pres sure, it will engage with one of the side arms of the member B, and so hold the clothes in position, this engagement of the hook-shaped end 20 being shown in Fig. 6.

l/Vhen suspending the clothes from a line, it is only necessary to press the upper ends of the two members B and C together to disengage the hook end 20 of the member C from the member B, and the said hook end will then be made to embrace the line as shown in Fig. 1.

This .pin cannot be displaced laterally, or any other way, and there is no possibility of it working loose from the line, or from the clothes working loose from the jaws of the pin. 7

This pin may also be utilized in oflices for hanging files, and for many other purposes, in which an article is to be suspended from a hanging member.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently tion, within the scope of the claim, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all mat; ter contained in the accompanying specifi' cation and drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is A pin comprising a pair of members, one of the members having loops formed in the side walls, the other member having lateral projections adapted to engage the loops,

whereby the ,members are pivotally connected, the said members being formed with jaws, one of the members being provided with an offset end terminating in a hook projeotion'adapted topass through and engage one arm of the other member, and also to be engaged by a flexible supporting member, whereby the said supporting member is clamped between the two members constituting the pin. V

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN ARSENEAU.

Witnesses:

' AGNES ORQURKE,

W. B. CoNNoLLY.

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