US20100031478A1

US20100031478A1 - Peg, Particularly Clothes Peg

Info

Publication number: US20100031478A1
Application number: US12/294,298
Authority: US
Inventors: Jens Marius Poulsen; Bo Pihl
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-03-24
Filing date: 2007-03-26
Publication date: 2010-02-11
Also published as: EA200802004A1; EP2007939A1; EP2007939A4; WO2007110078A1

Abstract

A peg (2), particularly a clothes peg, is disclosed. The peg includes a plate-shaped end part (4) which is connected with mainly plate-shaped primary holder parts (6), and connected with a mainly plate-shaped secondary holder part (8), where the primary holder parts are substantially mutually parallel holder parts (6) projecting from opposing sides of the end part. The secondary holder part (8) is a tongue-shaped holder part projecting from the end part and disposed midway between the substantially parallel holder parts (6). The primary holder parts (6) opposite the end part (4) and spaced apart therefrom are interconnected by a traversing holder part (10).

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a peg.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The best known clothes pegs of wood or plastic consist of two peg parts of wood or plastic, which are resiliently interconnected by means of helical spring provided between the peg parts, the spring having laterally projecting end parts that engage traversing grooves externally of opposing sides of the peg parts. This means that prior art clothes pegs of the mentioned kind have limited application in practice, which is largely limited to the direct purpose of application, namely to suspend clothes and similar pliable items on a tight line or clothes-line.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention is an improved peg, particularly A clothes peg, which by means of simple technical measures can provide an improved holding force, and which at the same time provides the peg with further application options.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The peg according to the invention has primary holder parts constituted by substantially mutually parallel holder parts projecting from opposite sides of the end part, a secondary holder part being constituted by a tongue-shaped holder part projecting from the end part and disposed midway between the substantially parallel holder parts, and the primary holder parts opposite the end part and spaced apart therefrom are interconnected by means of a traversing holder part. By simple technical measures, the peg may hereby provide an improved holding force as well as the peg is provided further application options at the same time.
Beside its primary purpose as clothes peg, the peg according to the invention may find alternative application as suspension for example dishtowels, towels or similar flat items of fabric or other pliable material, as the end part of the peg for this alternative purpose may be designed with one or more holes for mounting on a wall by means of screws.
The peg according to the invention provides connection between the tongue-shaped holder part and the end part is bent so that the holder tongue is offset in plane outwards in relation to the primary holder parts.
With the object of facilitating positioning the peg correctly on for example a clothes line, an advantageous design of the peg is such that at a short distance from the end part, the primary holder parts have traversing elevations which together with the tongue-shaped holder part form a traversing holder groove, which for example is for receiving a clothes line or corresponding line-shaped suspension means.
In order to facilitate passing the peg down over a clothes line and a suspension item, the peg may have an outer free end part of the tongue-shaped holder part including an outwardly sloping end part.
With the intention of achieving improved holding force from the peg according to the invention, the peg has an inner part of the tongue-shaped holder part extending conically in direction away from the end part, that is having increasing width. In a simple way a kind of wedge action is achieved, for example a piece of cloth is wedged behind the thick part of the holder tongue if the piece of cloth is pulled.
The peg according to the invention is made of a suitable plastic material, for example POM (polyoxymethylene), by injection moulding. POM is characterised by great strength, rigidity and hardness, good chemical and environmental properties and low moisture absorption. Alternatively, the peg according to the invention can be made of another suitable plastic material, for example PP (polypropylene), by injection moulding.
According to a further alternative, the peg, particularly the clothes peg, according to the invention can be made of a suitable metal alloy by casting. Or, according to a further alternative, the peg may be made of a suitable metal by press forging.
A further alternative will be an very environment-friendly clothes peg which is made of a suitable natural material, for example comminuted straw, which is compressed by using a suitable bonding agent.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention is explained more closely in the following with reference to the drawing, on which:

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a peg according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the peg, cf. FIG. 1, as seen from the front;

FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the peg, cf. FIG. 1, as seen from the side;

FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the peg, cf. FIG. 1, as seen from one end;

FIG. 5 shows yet a perspective view of the peg shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the peg, cf. FIG. 5, shown as a line drawing;

FIG. 7 shows a plan view of the peg, cf. FIG. 2, shown as a line drawing;

FIG. 8 shows a plan view of an embodiment of a prototype of a peg according to the invention, as seen from the front;

FIG. 9 shows a plan view of the peg, cf. FIG. 8, as seen from the side;

FIG. 10 shows a plan view of pegs, cf. FIG. 9, for illustrating stacking of a number of pegs according to the invention; and

FIG. 11 shows a plan view of a peg, cf. FIG. 9, shown suspended on a clothes line and with suspended hook of a clothes hanger.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The clothes peg 2 shown in FIGS. 1-7 includes a predominantly plate-shaped end part 4 which is connected at opposite sides with predominantly mutually parallel narrow plate-shaped primary holder parts 6, a secondary, also predominantly plate-shaped tongue-shaped secondary holder part 8 which is connected with the end part 4, and which is disposed between the primary holder parts 6.
Opposite the end part 4, the primary holder parts 6 are interconnected by means of a transverse holder part 10 which is disposed spaced apart from an outer end 12 of the tongue-shaped secondary holder part 8, so that there is formed a closed suspending hanger 14 of the clothes peg 2.
As most clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the connection between the holder tongue 8 and the end part 4 are bent at 11, so that the holder tongue 8 is offset in plane outwards in relation to the primary holder parts 6. At a short distance from the end parts 4, the holder parts 6 are designed with elevations 16 which together with the bent connection 11 of the holder tongue 8 form a transverse holder groove 18, for example for a clothes line 20.
FIGS. 3 and 4 furthermore illustrate that an outer end 12 of the holder tongue 8 extends obliquely outwards, so that it becomes easier to insert for example a clothes line 20 in the holder groove 18, possibly for fixing a piece of clothes or a towel on the clothes line by means of the clothes peg 2.
The end part 4 may possibly be designed with one or more holes for mounting the peg 2 on a wall, so that the peg 2 can be used for suspending towels, dish towels, facecloths or similar pliable items which may just be passed upwards behind the holder tongue 8 in order to be fixed by wedging between this and the primary holder parts 6.
An innermost part of the holder tongue 8 is designed conically in such a way that the width of the cross-section of the holder tongue 8 is increased outwards with increasing distance from the end part 4, thus achieving hereby a wedge action in a simple way, that is pulling in a piece of cloth fixed between the holder tongue 8 and the holder parts 6 only makes the piece of cloth wedge itself more firmly.
The closed suspension hanger 14 may for example be used for suspending a clothes hanger, as a hook 24 (FIG. 11) of a usual clothes hanger may be suspended in a secure way in the suspension hanger 14, that is, for example, the wind cannot inadvertently displace the clothes hanger along a clothes line 20 by suspending on the clothes line 20.
FIGS. 8-11 show a prototype clothes peg 2′, where the same reference numbers are used for parts with the same function as on the clothes peg 2 according to FIGS. 1-7.
FIG. 10 illustrates how the clothes peg 2′ may readily be stacked rather densely, which is particularly advantageous by packing and shipping clothes pegs according to the invention, which is also the case with the preferred embodiment of the clothes peg 2, Compare FIGS. 1-7, which may correspondingly be stacked quite densely, as the holder tongue 8 of a clothes peg 2 fits in the corresponding hollow at the rear side of the holder tongue 8 by an adjacent peg in the stack etc.
As previously mentioned, the peg according to the invention is made of a suitable plastic material, for example POM (polyoxymethylene), by injection moulding. POM is characterised by great strength, great rigidity and hardness, good chemical and environmental properties and modest moisture absorption. Alternatively, the peg according to the invention can be made of another suitable plastic material, e.g. PP (polypropylene), by injection moulding. In other words, the peg according to the invention is made of a non-corroding plastic material, to which is added UV stabilizer to make the peg more resistant to UV radiation, so that the service life of the peg is considerably prolonged.
The peg can be made in desired colors, that is the peg can be made in a customer-specific colour. Finally, it is to be mentioned that particularly the plate-shaped end part 4 and the plate-shaped holder tongue 8 are suited for customer-specific commercial print.

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A peg comprising a plate-shaped end part which is connected with primary holder parts and is connected with a secondary holder part, wherein the primary holder parts include substantially parallel holder parts projecting from opposite sides of the end part, the secondary holder part being a tongue-shaped holder and projecting from the end part and being disposed midway between the substantially parallel holder parts, and the primary holder parts opposite the end part and spaced apart therefrom are interconnected with a traverse holder part.

12. A peg according to claim 11, wherein the connection between the secondary holder parts and the end part is bent so that the secondary holder parts are offset in a plane outwards in relation to the primary holder parts.

13. A peg according to claim 11 wherein at a distance from the end part, the primary holder parts include traversing elevations, which together with the secondary holder part, form a traversing holder groove for receiving a clothes line or a linear suspension means.

14. A peg 2 according to claim 11, wherein an outer free end part of the secondary holder parts have an outwards sloping end part.

15. A peg according to claim 11, wherein an innermost part of the secondary holder parts in direction away from the end part extends conically.

16. A peg in accordance with claim 11, comprising injection moulded polyoxymethylene.

17. A peg in accordance with claim 11 comprising injection moulded polypropylene.

18. A peg in accordance with claim 11 comprising a cast metal alloy.

19. A peg in accordance with claim 11 comprising press forged metal.

20. A peg in accordance with claim 11 comprising a naturally occurring material which is compressed and bound by a bonding agent.

21. A peg in accordance with claim 12, comprising an injection moulded polyoxymethylene.

22. A peg in accordance with claim 12 comprising injection moulded polypropylene.

23. A peg in accordance with claim 12 comprising a cast metal alloy.

24. A peg in accordance with claim 12 comprising press forged metal.

25. A peg in accordance with claim 12 comprising a naturally occurring material which is compressed and bound by a bonding agent.

26. A peg in accordance with claim 13, comprising an injection moulded polyoxymethylene.

27. A peg in accordance with claim 13 comprising injection moulded polypropylene.

28. A peg in accordance with claim 13 comprising a cast metal alloy.

29. A peg in accordance with claim 13 comprising press forged metal.

30. A peg in accordance with claim 13 comprising a naturally occurring material which is compressed and bound by a bonding agent.