AU726874B2 - Clothes peg - Google Patents

Description

Regulation 3.2

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT

(ORIGINAL)

0S* *000 0**9 000* 00 0* 0 0000 0* 0 0 *0 0000 0E 00 04* *0**00 00 0 0000 0 Name of Applicant: Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: STEVEN TAYLOR STEVEN TAYLOR SANDERCOCK

COWIE

69 Robinson Street, DANDENONG VIC 3175 CLOTHES PEG Invention Title: Divisional Application of Patent Application(s): No(s): Australian Patent Application No. 63647/98 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us: 1998-I O-05,C;\WINDOWS\Favorjtes\Basc Docuiments\Lheadj la- 9 TITLE: CLOTHES PEGS *FIELD OF THE INVENTION 5 This invention relates to devices for fastening clothes, laundry or the like to a track, guide, rail or the like.

BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION Pegs for fastening items, such as laundry, to a line, such as a clothes line, are well known.

Such pegs generally consist of two opposed legs. The legs may be pivotally connected to each other in the form of two levers, or may be resiliently attached to each other as in the case of the traditional wooden clothes peg.

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-2- In either case, the application of such a peg to retain an article on a clothes line requires the operator to hold the article over the line with one hand while placing the peg over the article and the line with the other hand.

This invention accordingly seeks to provide in one aspect a clothes peg, some forms of which can be more readily applied.

Generally, when not in use, clothes pegs are removed from the line and collected together for storage elsewhere.

However, for greater convenience, unused pegs may often be stored by leaving them pegged to the line. This particular storage method suffers from the disadvantage that multiple handling of the pegs is required because a peg must first be pulled off the line to then fasten laundry to the line and later be re-pegged to the line for storage. There is a further disadvantage to this storage method in as much that, for various reasons such as wind and bird or animal activity, pegs which are left stored pegged to the line may often tend to fall off the line.

This invention seeks to provide in one aspect, an improvement to a device for fastening clothes, laundry or the like to a track, guide rail or the like so that the device can be stored attached to the track, guide, rail or the like.

o r o SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION o 25 The present invention provides a clothes peg which includes:o a first leg member and a second leg member, wherein each leg member includes a first end region and a second end region; a connecting member which is attached to the first end region of each leg member and which attaches the two leg members together so that the two leg members and the connecting member together form a substantially U-shaped peg body; and 00905,A:\293taylorcomplete.wpd,2 -3a pivoting member which includes a first free end region and a mounting region, the mounting region of which pivoting member is pivotally mounted to the first leg member in the second end region of that leg member for movement of the pivoting member between:a position in which the first free end region of the pivoting member bears against the second end region of the second leg; and a position in which the first free end region of the pivoting member is between the first leg member and the second leg member and displaced away from the second end region of the second leg member towards the connecting member.

PREFERRED FEATURES OF THE INVENTION •It is preferred that the peg includes a spring which biases the pivoting member into the :iposition in which the first free end region of the pivoting member bears against the second end region of the second leg.

One preferred form of this spring is a leaf spring, which spring includes one end which bears against the pivoting member and one end which bears against the connecting member.

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r e SA secondnother preferred form of this spring is a leaf spring, which spring has onea first end whichformed 25 integrally with the pivoting member and one end which bears against the connecting member.

Another preferred form of this spring is a leaf spring, which spring has a first end which is provided integrally with the second leg, and a second end which is free and which bears against the pivoting member adjacent its mounting region.

According to one alternative preferred form of the invention, the peg includes a first and a second substantially L-shaped member, wherein the leg of the first substantially L- 0095,A:\293taylor.compIte..pd.3 shaped member forms the first leg of the peg, the leg of the second substantially

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shaped member forms the second leg of the peg, and the feet of the two substantially

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shaped members co-operate to form the connecting member of the peg.

It is preferred that the first and second substantially L-shaped members be readily attachable and detachable from each other, and that the second substantially L-shaped member be in the form of a rail for the receipt of a plurality of first such substantially

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shaped members.

It is preferred that the peg further include means for attachment of the peg to a surface such as a wall or a shelf.

In an alternative preferred form, the peg is provided with a handle to facilitate carrying an object within the peg.

It is preferred to provide a trigger means able to hold the pivoting member with its free end in its displaced position remote from the second end of the second leg, and wherein S the insertion of cloth or the like into the peg will disengage the trigger to allow the free end of the pivoting member to move towards the second end of the second leg.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEWS OF THE

DRAWINGS

Figures 1,2 and 16 illustrate three embodiments of tracks which are suitable for use with clothes pegs according to various embodiments of the present invention.

Figures 3 to 6 illustrate a clothes peg according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 7 to 9 illustrate a clothes peg according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 10 and 11 illustrate a clothes peg according to a third preferred embodiment of V/ the present invention.

0090,A \93taylorompletecwppb4 Figures 12 and 13 illustrate a clothes peg according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 14 illustrates a clothes peg according to a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 15 illustrates a clothes peg according to a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 17 illustrates a clothes peg according to a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 18 illustrates a clothes peg according to an eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

i: Figure 19 illustrates a clothes peg according to a ninth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

o Figure 20 illustrates a clothes peg according to a tenth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 21 and 22 illustrate a clothes peg according to an eleventh preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 23 to 25 illustrate a clothes peg according to a twelfth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figures 26 to 28 illustrate a clothes peg according to a thirteenth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 29 illustrates an alternative construction of the clothes peg of Figures 26 to 28.

00905,A:293taylor.completewpdS -6- DETAILEDDESCRIPTION WITH RESPECT TO THE DRAWINGS A clothes peg 1 according to the embodiment of Figures 3 to 6 includes two opposed, substantially U-shaped structures. One of these substantially U-shaped structures consists of legs 2 and 3 and base portion 7. The other of these substantially U-shaped structures consists of legs 4 and 6, and the base portion 7. The free ends 23 and 24 of legs 4 and 6 turn inwardly towards each other.

A closure member 8 is pivoted to a free end 9 of leg 3 as illustrated in detail in Figure 4.

The free end 9 of leg 3 ends in an integral, substantially cylindrical bearing 11. In the assembled peg, the closure member 8 is pivotally mounted to leg 3 by placing the essentially cylindrical portion 12 of the closure member 8 within the bearing 11.

The closure member 8 includes a lever arm 13 and a leaf spring 14 moulded integrally with the closure member. The resilience of the leaf spring 14 biases the closure member 8 into the position shown in figures 3 and 4 where end surface 16 of the closure member and surface 17 of the of the leg 2 bear against each other. Forcing an item of clothing (not illustrated) upwards against the closure member 8 causes it to rotate into the position shown in Figure 6 against the resilience of the leaf spring 14. The item of clothing is then held between surfaces 16 and 17, with the leg 2 and the closure member 8 in effect operating like jaws, holding the item of clothing between them.

*99* 9 *o 9 To remove the item of clothing from the peg, the lever arm 13 is rotated against the resilience of the leaf spring 14 to move the two surfaces 16 and 17 further apart, and the o 25 item of clothing is removed from the peg.

S* 9 As illustrated in Figure 3, the clothes peg of Figures 3 to 6 is adapted for mounting on a rail 18. The rail 18 includes a web 19 which is installed substantially horizontally in use, and which is contiguous with a web 21. Web 21 is mounted substantially vertically in use. It is preferred that the upper end of web 21 terminate in a stiffening bead 22. In use, clothes pegs 1 are mounted on rail 18 with the rail 18 retained within the P- substantially U-shaped upper structure. The ends 23 and 24 of the legs 4 and 6 bear against the upper surface of the web 19 so that the weight of the peg and of the item of 00905,A:\293ay or. complet.wpd, 6 -7clothing is carried by the rail 18. It is advantageous that the rail 18 be constructed with a degree of rigidity. It is preferred that the rail be rigid enough so that an item of clothing can be inserted into the peg without the rail (and hence the attached peg) moving away from the item of clothing as insertion pressure is applied to the peg.

A clothes peg 26 according to the embodiment of Figures 7 to 9 includes two substantially U-shaped structures. One of these substantially U-shaped structures consists of legs 27 and 28 and bridging portion 29. The other of these substantially Ushaped structures consists of legs 31 and 32, with the leg 28 of the other substantially U-shaped portion forming a bridging portion between legs 31 and 32.. The legs 31 and 32 turn inwardly towards each other to form substantially cylindrical cavities 33 and 34.

A closure member 36 is pivoted to a free end 37 of leg 27. The free end 37 of leg 27 includes two substantially cylindrical holes 38 for retention of cylindrical shafts which protrude from opposite surfaces of closure member 36 and thus form the pivot mounting of closure member 36.

*A deflector 41 is provided integrally with closure member 36, and a leaf spring 42 is provided integrally with leg 27.

As illustrated in Figure 9, the leaf spring 42 bears against a substantially planar surface 43 of the closure member 36 adjacent its mounting point, to bias the closure member 36 to the position illustrated in Figure 9. When the closure member 36 is in this position, the end surface 44 of the closure member 36 and surface 46 of the of the leg 28 bear 0*9@ 25 against each other. Forcing an item of clothing (not illustrated) upwards against the closure member 36 causes it to rotate into the position shown in Figure 8 against the resilience of the leaf spring 42. On release of the force on the item of clothing, the resilience of the leaf spring 42 causes the closure member 36 to rotate towards the position illustrated in Figure 9 so that the item of clothing is then held between surfaces 44 and 46, with the leg 28 and the closure member 36 in effect operating like jaws, holding the item of clothing between them. Deflector 41 serves to prevent the entanglement of clothes in the pivot mounting of closure member 36.

00905,A:\293taylor. complete.wpd,7 -8- To remove the item of clothing from the peg, the closure member 36 is rotated against the resilience of the leaf spring by upwards pressure of the item of clothing in the closure member moving the two surfaces 44 and 46 further apart, and the item of clothing is removed from the peg.

As illustrated in Figure 7, the clothes peg of Figures 7 to 9 is adapted for mounting on the rail 47 of Figure 2. The rail 47 includes a web 48 which is installed substantially vertically in use, and which is contiguous with a substantially cylindrical portions 51 and 52. Web 21 is mounted substantially vertically in use. It is preferred that the upper end of web 21 terminate in a stiffening bead 22. In use, clothes pegs 26 are mounted on rail 47 with the rail 18 retained within the substantially U-shaped upper structure which is formed by legs 28, 31 and 32 of the peg 26 The two embodiments of the invention according to Figure 10 and Figure 11 are similar to the embodiment of Figures 3 to 6, but differ from that embodiment in the manner of mounting of the peg. The invention according to these embodiments are adapted to mounting to surfaces such as a wall or the under-side of a shelf. Rather than being mountable to and moveable along a rail, the embodiment of Figure 10 is adapted for fixed mounting to a surface horizontal surface by means of screws or the like (not

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20 illustrated) passing through holes 54 and 56. Similarly, the embodiment of Figure 11 is adapted for fixed mounting to a vertical surface by means of screws or the like (not :oo illustrated) passing through the holes 57 and 58. Alternatively, pegs according to these embodiments may be adhesively mounted to a suitable surface.

25 Figures 12 and 13 illustrate an embodiment of the invention which is similar to the

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embodiment of Figures 3 to 6, and which differs from the embodiment of Figures 3 to 6 by the provision of webs 61 and 62 on opposed side portions of the closure member 8.

Webs 61 and 62 serve to impede the access of spiders into the peg.

Figure 14 and Figure 15 illustrate embodiments of the invention which provide a handle to facilitate carrying an object in the j aws of the peg. The embodiment of the invention according to Figure 14 includes a handle 66 to enable a side lift or carry. The 7 embodiment of the invention according to Figure 15 includes a handle 67 to enable a top 00905,A:\293taylor.complete.wpd.8 lift or carry.

Figure 17 illustrates an embodiment of the invention in which a track on which the peg is mounted also provides a surface against which an item of clothing is gripped.

According to this embodiment, the track 71 includes a web 72 which is mounted substantially horizontally in use and a web 73 which is mounted substantially vertically in use. The clothes peg 75 includes a web 74 which is mounted substantially vertically in use and a web 76 which is mounted substantially horizontally in use and which is located upon the horizontal web 72 of the track. The web 73 of track 71 and the web 74 of peg 75 effectively form the opposed legs of a substantially U-shaped structure.

A closure member 77 is pivoted to a free end 78 of web 74. The free end 78 of web 74 ends in an integral, substantially cylindrical bearing 79. In the assembled peg, the closure member 77 is pivotally mounted within bearing 79.

The closure member 77 includes a lever arm 81 and a leaf spring 82 moulded integrally with the closure member. The resilience of the leaf spring 82 biases the closure member 5 (77 into the position shown in Figure 17 where end surface 83 of the closure member and surface 84 of the of the web 73 bear against each other. Forcing an item of clothing (not illustrated) upwards against the closure member 77 causes it to rotate against the resilience of the leaf spring 82. The item of clothing is then held between surfaces 83 and i• 84, with the web 73 and the closure member 77 in effect operating likejaws, holding the item of clothing between them.

25 To remove the item of clothing from the peg, the lever arm 81 is rotated against the r••o resilience of the leaf spring 82 to move the two surfaces 83 and 84 further apart, and the item of clothing is removed from the peg.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 16 is similar to the embodiment of Figure 17, but differs from the embodiment of Figure 17 in that it provides a track and peg which may be mounted to a conventional clothes line. This embodiment provides a track which includes a web 86 which is mounted substantially horizontally in use. A 5 S substantially cylindrical recess 87 protrudes from the upper surface of web 86 and has 00905,A:\293taylor.complee.wpd,9 an open side 88. The substantially cylindrical recess 87 is adapted to receive a conventional clothes line. The embodiment of Figure 16 provides clothes peg (not illustrated) which is similar to the clothes peg 75 of figure 17, but which differs from the clothes peg 75 in having a recess for reception of the cylindrical recess 87.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 18 is similar to the embodiment of Figure 16. This embodiment provides a track 91 which has a web 92 which is mounted substantially vertically in use and a web 93 which is mounted substantially horizontally in use. This embodiment also provides a clothes peg 94 which includes a web 96 which is mounted substantially horizontally in use and a web 98 which is mounted substantially vertically in use. A groove 101 in web 96 is in register with a groove 102 in web 93 to form a substantially cylindrical structure for the reception of a conventional clothes line 103.

The peg 104 according to the embodiment illustrated in Figure 19 has a substantially Ushaped body consisting of legs 106 and 107 and a bridging portion 108. This embodiment of the invention is adapted for mounting to a conventional clothes line (not •illustrated). The means for mounting to a clothes line consists of two opposed hooks 111 and 112 mounted centrally adjacent opposite side faces of the peg. The two hooks 111 and 112 have gaps 113 and 114 facing in opposite directions for reception of the clothes line.

to* The peg 116 according to the embodiment of figure 20 has a substantially U-shaped body consisting of legs 117 and 118 and a bridging portion 119. This embodiment of the invention is adapted for mounting to a rail such as rail 18 illustrated in Figure 1. The clothes peg 116 has a substantially U-shaped upper portion formed by hooks 121 and 122 which protrude upwards from the bridging portion 119 of the peg. In use, clothes pegs o 116 are mounted on rail 18 with the rail 18 retained within the substantially U-shaped upper structure of clothes peg 116. End portions of hooks 120 and 121 bear against the upper surface of the web 19 so that the weight of the peg and of the item of clothing is carried by the rail 18.

The embodiments of the invention according to Figures 19, 20, 21 and 22 include means 00905,A:\293taylor.complete.wpd, 11to hold closure member 123 in a displaced position until insertion of cloth or the like triggers its movement to a position for gripping the cloth. In these embodiments, a lever 126 and a leaf spring 127 are provided integrally with the closure member 123. The closure member is pivoted to one free end of one leg of the substantially U-shaped body.

The closure member 126 includes an edge 125. A trigger 128 is mounted by a pivot 129 part way along the inner surface of the opposite leg of the substantially U-shaped body.

A face of the trigger 128 remote from the pivot 129 carries a groove 131. The groove 131 and the edge 125 of the closure member 123 co-operate to retain the closure member in the 'open' position shown in Figures 19 and 20. In using the cloths peg according to the embodiments of Figures 19 to 22, the user rotates the lever 126 against the resilience of the leaf spring 127 until the lever is in the position illustrated in Figures 20 and 21.

When the lever is in this position, the edge 125 of closure member 123 is retained in the groove 131 of the trigger 128. Insertion of an article of clothing or the like sufficiently far into the body of the peg will displace the trigger away from the position shown in Figures 21 and 22, releasing the closure member to move to the position shown in Figures 19 and 22 under the influence of the leaf spring 127.

Figures 23, 24 and 25 illustrate an embodiment of the invention which is adapted to for mounting to two adjacent strands of conventional clothes line. The body of the peg o. 20 according to this embodiment is similar to the body of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 3 to 6. The bridging portion 136 of the peg of Figures 23 to 25 includes two grooves 137 and 138. These grooves are substantially parallel, and substantially semicircular in cross-section. The peg includes a cap portion 141 hinged to one edge of bridging portion 136 by a living hinge 139. The cap portion 141 includes two grooves 25 142 and 143. Like grooves 137 and 138, the grooves 142 and 143 are substantially parallel, and substantially semi-circular in cross-section. The four grooves 137, 138, 142 and 143 are located such that when cap portion 141 is folded downwards against bridging portion 136 they are in register and form two substantially cylindrical passageways for retention of strands of clothes line 144 and 146. A plurality of projections such as 147 and 148 depend from the under surface of the cap portion 141, and there are a corresponding plurality of holes such as 151 and 152 in the upper surface of the bridging ST portion 136. The cap portion 141 of the peg is held in place in the position shown in Figures 24 and 25 by the friction fit of projections 147, 148 into holes 151, 152.

00905.A:\293taylor.complete. wpd, II -12- Figures 26, 27 and 28 illustrate an embodiment of the invention which is adapted to for mounting to a single rail which is in the form of a substantially horizontal web. The body of the peg according to this embodiment is similar to the body of the embodiment illustrated in Figures 3 to 6. The bridging portion 151 of the peg of Figures 26 to 28 includes two short upwardly projecting legs 152 and 152 located adjacent opposite edges of the bridging portion 151. These legs 152 and 153 and the bridging portion 151 form a relatively broad and shallow U-shaped structure. The peg includes a cap portion 154 hinged to one edge of bridging portion 151 by a living hinge 156. The cap portion 154 includes two short downwardly projecting legs 157 and 158 and a bridging portion 160.

The legs 157 and 158 and the bridging portion 160 form a relatively broad and shallow U-shaped structure. When the cap portion is folded down into the position shown in Figures 27 and 28 the U-shaped structures of the cap and of the peg are in register for the retention of a mounting rail 162. The cap portion 154 includes at least one projection such as 163 depending downwardly from and adjacent an edge of the cap portion 154 which is remote from the living hinge 158. There is a corresponding hole or holes such as 154 in the upper surface of the bridging portion 151. The cap portion 154 of the peg is held in place in the position shown in Figures 27 and 28 by the friction fit of projections such as 163 into holes such as 164.

The embodiment illustrated in Figure 29 utilises an alternative method of retaining a o 0_,hinged cap such as 165 in the 'closed' position on the body of a peg such as 166. The cap 165 is hinged to the body of the peg 166 by a living hinge (not illustrated). A face of the body of the peg remote from the hinge is grooved adjacent an edge as at 167. A hook-shaped projection 168 protrudes from a face of the cap portion 165 which is remote 25 from the hinge. As the cap portion 165 is rotated into the 'closed' position illustrated in Figure 29, the projection 168 rides over the adjacent face of the peg body 166 and snaps into position in the groove 167, thus retaining the cap portion 165 in the 'closed' position.

Preferred forms of track, guide rail or the like according to alternative embodiments of the present invention are shown in Figures 1, 2 and 25. According to these embodiments the body of the peg is adapted to mate with the shape of the track or the like so that the peg can slide along the length of the track or the like.

00905,A.\293taylor.complet.wpd, 12 13 The body of the peg may be adapted with means such as a hinged clip in such a manner that the peg is both moveable along the track, guide rail or the like and detachable from it at any point, as illustrated in Figures 26, 27, 28 and 29.

In some other cases it may be preferred that the body of the peg is provided with a handle to facilitate carrying an object in the jaws of the peg. These embodiments are shown in Figures 33A and 114, illustrating a side lift or carry and in Figures 34A and 115, illustrating a top lift.

In any of the above embodiments it may be desired to provide a trigger means able to hold the second jaw is its displaced position and that trigger is adapted such that the insertion of cloth or the like between the jaws will disengage the trigger to allow thej aws to close onto the cloth.

Generally the restriction against removal of the cloth is by a wedge effect created as the weight of cloth tends to pull it out of the peg. The restriction against removal may be enhanced by the provision of teeth in one or both jaws of the peg as can be seen in Figure "50. If teeth are provided in each jaw, it is preferred that the teeth in one jaw mate with :ooo *the teeth in the other.

a It is to be understood that various alterations, modifications and/or additions may be S. incorporated into the various constructions and arrangements or parts without departing from the spirit and ambit of the invention.

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Claims (10)

1. A clothes peg which includes:- a first leg member and a second leg member, wherein each leg member includes a first end region and a second end region; a connecting member which is attached to the first end region of each leg member and which attaches the two leg members together so that the two leg members and the connecting member together form a substantially U- shaped peg body; and a pivoting member which includes a first free end region and a mounting region, the mounting region of which pivoting member is pivotally mounted to the first leg member in the second end region of that leg member for movement of the pivoting member between:- a position in which the first free end region of the pivoting member bears against the second end region of the second leg; and a position in which the first free end region of the pivoting member is between the first leg member and the second leg member and displaced away from the second end region of the 25 second leg member towards the connecting member. a.

2. A peg as claimed in Claim 1, further including a spring which biases the pivoting member into the position in which the first free end region of the pivoting member bears against the second end region of the second leg.

3. A peg as claimed in Claim 2 wherein the spring is a leaf spring, which spring includes one end which bears against the pivoting member and one end which a bears against the connecting member. 00905,A:\293taylor.complctc.wpd, 14

4. A peg as claimed in Claim 2 wherein the spring is a leaf spring, which spring has one end which is formed integrally with the pivoting member and one end which bears against the connecting member. A peg as claimed in Claim 2 wherein the spring is a leaf spring, which leaf spring has a first end which is provided integrally with the second leg, and a second end which is free and which bears against the pivoting member adjacent its mounting region.

6. A peg as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, which peg further includes a first and a second substantially L-shaped member, wherein the leg of the first substantially L-shaped member forms the first leg of the peg, the leg of the second substantially L-shaped member forms the second leg of the peg, and the feet of the two substantially L-shaped members co-operate to form the connecting member of the peg.

7. A peg as claimed in Claim 6, wherein the first and second substantially L-shaped o members are readily attachable and detachable from each other, and that the S second substantially L-shaped member are in the form of a rail for the receipt of a plurality of first such substantially L-shaped members.

8. A peg as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the peg further includes means for attachment of the peg to a surface such as a wall or a shelf.

9. A peg as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the peg is provided with a handle to facilitate carrying an object within the peg. A peg as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the peg further includes a mounting portion for mounting the peg to a track.

11. A peg as claimed in Claim 10, wherein the mounting portion is substantially C- i shaped in cross section.

00905.A:\293taylor.complete -16- 12. A peg as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the mounting portion is in the form of at least one substantially cylindrical bore which is defined between two opposed surfaces within the mounting portion. 13. A peg as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 12 wherein the mounting portion is contiguous with the connecting member. 14. A peg as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the peg further includes a trigger means which is able to hold the pivoting member with its free end in its displaced position remote from the second end of the second leg, and wherein the insertion of cloth or the like into the peg will disengage the trigger to allow the free end of the pivoting member to move towards the second end of the second leg. 15. A peg as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Dated this 5 th day of September, 2000. 20 SANDERCOCK COWIE PATENT ATTORNEYS FOR STEVEN TAYLOR p a a a *o o 00905,A:\293taylor completc.wpd, 16