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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce E. Ancona, New York, NY (US);
Louis F. Henry, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ekco Housewares, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 5/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 5/502 ;
Abstract
A unitary clothespin or multipurpose clamp molded from a resilient plastic material having a hair-pin like configuration comprising a loop for permitting suspension, the loop terminating in a pair of confronting gripping jaws, the jaws being releasably, and pivotally interconnected and being movable between a closed, gripping position in contact with each other and an open, nongripping position not in contact with each other upon the application or. release of a squeezing compressive force upon the loop.