US1416051A

US1416051A - Fastener for doormats, carpets, rugs, and the like

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Publication number: US1416051A
Application number: US463891A
Authority: US
Inventors: Muller Hermann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-04-23
Filing date: 1921-04-23
Publication date: 1922-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 1939-05-16

Description

H. MULLER. FASTENER FOR DOORMATS, CARPETS, BUGS, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED'APR. 23. 1921.

1,41 ,051, Patnted May 16,1922;

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FASTENER FOB DOOR'MATS, CARPETS, BUGS, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 23, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIIGRMANN Mtinmzn, citizen of Switzerland, residing at St. Gallen, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Doormats, Carpets, Bugs, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to certain new and useful improvements in doormat, rug or carpet fasteners, and it relates more particularly to a hinge-like device whose one member is to be permanently attached to the door sill, the floor, or the wall footboard, and to whose other member the doormat or other floor covering is readily detachably secured, and the object of my invention is to provide a fastening device of the character and for the purpose set forth which is cheap in manufacture and reliable in function, which will hold down the floor covering and prevent its unintentional displacement, but which will permit of the mat or rug being lifted for cleaning purposes in hinge-like manner, or, again, be entirely detached, and which in this latter case, that is to say when the floor covering in question has been removed and. is not to be laid down again for some time, can be folded up to guard against damage by the upstanding fabric-engaging prongs.

My invention will best be understood when described in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a vertical section through a preferred form of my fastener when used for instance to secure a doormat in place in front of the door sill, the section being taken on line A el of F ig. 2, which latter shows a plan view of the fastener by itself; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device in extended position. when holding down a carpet, and Fig. 4.- shows the device folded up, when not in use.

The device essentially comprises the two hinge members or leaves 1 and 2, hinged together at 3 in well known manner. The member 1 is provided with a plurr-ility of upstanding prongs i, which are preferably struck-up from the leaf material and are worked to the shape of pointed wedge members, as clearly shown in the drawing. The exact contour of the leaves and the arrangement of the prongs, obviously, may vary Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Serial No. 463,891.

from the design shown merely by way of example. The member 2 is provided with perforations 5 for receiving fastening means, such nails or screws.

If, for instance, a doormat or short run; 9 is to be secured against accidental displacement, the member 2 is stood up rectangularly to the member 1, as in Figs. 1 and 2,. and is then fastened onto the door sill G by means of screws 7, the other member 1 lying flat on the floor 8. The doormat 9 is now forcibly placed on the member 1, when the prongs l will enter the fabric and retain the mat in position. It is advisable to use at least two of these fasteners, one near either end of the mat.

For holding down a large rug or carpet a. number of these fasteners are used around the edge thereof, each fastener being laid out fiat on the floor, as in Fig. 8, and the member 2 screwed to the floor.

If the floor covering is to remain taken up for any length of time the member 1 is folded back against the member 2, so that the prongs are then out of harms way, as shown in Fig. 4:.

l Vhat I claim is:-

1. A fastening device of the character set forth, comprising in combination, a member permanently attachable to a fixed object, and a member in hinged connection there with with capability of relative angular displacement of at least 180 degrees, and wedgeshaped prongs extending from the second said member in relative angular arrange ment, the second said member being substantially longer than the first said member.

2. A fastening device of the character set forth, comprising in combination a. member adapted to be permanently secured to a fixed object, a member hingedly secured thereto, comprising a relatively narrow shank and an enlarged headpiece, and wedge'shaped prongs struck out from said head-piece and extending therefrom in definite angular relation to one another and designed. by their conformation and arrangement for resistance to stresses acting on said prongs from different directions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HER-MANN MULLER.