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US1448811A
US1448811A US493087A US49308721A US1448811A US 1448811 A US1448811 A US 1448811A US 493087 A US493087 A US 493087A US 49308721 A US49308721 A US 49308721A US 1448811 A US1448811 A US 1448811A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00Table-ware
    • A47G21/16Table-cloth or napkin holders
    • A47G21/167Means for holding a table-cloth on a table
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps
    • Y10S24/13Weighted clip or clamp
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44641Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
    • Y10T24/44684Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member with operator for moving biased engaging face
    • Y10T24/44692Camming or wedging element
    • Y10T24/44701Encircling sleeve type element

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  • This invention relates to an improved weighted pendant and has as one of its principal objects to provide a. device of this charactor which may be readily employed for maintaining table cloths, curtains, draperies and the like, arranged in place.
  • the invention has a further object to provide a pendant which may be easily attached to articles such as those mentioned and which may be as readily removed, while at the same time, the device will, when applied, firmly grip the article with which it is engaged.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character Wl'liCil when employed upon a table cloth, will serve to tensionthe cloth, thereby maintaining the cloth smooth and free from wrinkles.
  • the invention has as a still further objectto provide a device which will be simplein construction, which may be readily produced, and which in use will not likely injure even the most delicate fabrics.
  • Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view illustratin the use of my improved device in connection with an ordinary table cloth
  • Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device showing the weight employed in section. and illustrating different positions thereof in full and dotted lines.
  • Figure 3 is an edge elevation of the body portion of the device, the weight being in section
  • Figure 4 is a detail view showing the manner in which the gripping jaws may be spread by the weight.
  • Shi table upon the body member is a spherical element provid ing a weight 15 of suitable material.
  • the ball having a diametric opening 16 therethrough freely receiving the overlapping strands of the body member.
  • the strands of the body member are bent laterally near the lOWQI'MBIliOf said member to define a laterally directed terminal 17 against which the weight normally rests.
  • the spring arms 11 may be grasped and pressed toward each ot er to spread the gripping jaws 13, whereupon a portion of a table cloth or the like may be disposed between the jaws when upon release of the shoulders the spring arms 11 will act to advance the jaws toward each other into coacting relation, firmly gripping the fab ric between said jaws to support the device depending from the table cloth, weighting the free margin thereof.
  • the jaws may, with equal facility, be separated by shifting the Weight 15 over the bowed portions 10 of the spring arms and forcing said weight upwardly against the lower end portions of the outwardly diverging sections 11 of said arms to impinge thereagainst, in the manner illustrated in Figure 4, for pressing these portions toward each other and consequently forcing the jaws apart. Bv then shifting the weight away from said portions, the arms will immediately act to bring the jaws toward each other clamping the fabric therebetween. After the jaws have been caused to grip the fabric.
  • the weight is capable oi performin g a three-fold function, namely. that of providing a weight for the pendant, that of acting as a spreader for the jaws, and that of locking the jaws in roacling relation.
  • I have. as an example. shown the use of the device in conection with an ordinary table cloth in. a pair of the deviees being illustrated.
  • a device of the character described including a body member having crossed resilient arms terminating in normally closed jaws, and a slide mounted upon the body below the arms and shittablc. to compress the arms to spread the jaws.
  • a device of the character described in eluding a body member having crossed resilient arms terminating at one end in normally closed jaws and at their opposite ends in opposed bows, and a slide encircling the body member and adapted to compress the arms to spread the jaws or compress the bows to prevent spreading of the jaws.
  • A. device of the character described including a. body member formed to provide crossed sprin arms having outwardly diverging portions terminating in coacting gripping jaws. and a weight for the body member shiftable thereon to impinge the outwardly diverging portions of said arms and force the arms toward each other to spread the jaws.
  • pendant including overlapping strands having oppositely bowed portions and thence crossed to provide diverging spring arms crossed near their free ends and tormed with coacting gripping jaws, and a weight slidable along said strands to coact with said arms for spreading the jaws or to coact with said bowed portions for locking the jaws against separation.
  • a device of the character described including a body member comprising crossed spring arms having coacting gripping jaws and formed with crossed oppositely directed bowed portions, and an element shiftable upon said member to clasp'the crossed bowed portions of the arms below their crossing point and hold the a-ws toward each other.
  • a device of the character described including a body member having crossed resilient arms terminatin' at one end in normally closed jaws, a. slide on the body member adapted to compress the arms to spread the j aws, and a supporting stop for the slide on the body below the arms.

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Mar. 20, 1923.
T. H. MORRISON WEIGHTED PENDANT Filed Aug. 1'7, 1921 Patented Mar. 20, 1923.
UNITED STATES THOMAS H. MORRISON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
WEIG'HI'ED PENDANT.
Application filed August 17, 1921.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS H. MORRISON,
citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Ill nois, have invented certain new and useful lrn tirovements in Weighted Pendants, of
. which the following is a specification,
This invention relates to an improved weighted pendant and has as one of its principal objects to provide a. device of this charactor which may be readily employed for maintaining table cloths, curtains, draperies and the like, arranged in place.
The invention has a further object to providea pendant which may be easily attached to articles such as those mentioned and which may be as readily removed, while at the same time, the device will, when applied, firmly grip the article with which it is engaged.
A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character Wl'liCil when employed upon a table cloth, will serve to tensionthe cloth, thereby maintaining the cloth smooth and free from wrinkles.
And the inventionhas as a still further objectto provide a device which will be simplein construction, which may be readily produced, and which in use will not likely injure even the most delicate fabrics.
' ther and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.
In the drawing:
Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view illustratin the use of my improved device in connection with an ordinary table cloth,
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device showing the weight employed in section. and illustrating different positions thereof in full and dotted lines.
Figure 3 is an edge elevation of the body portion of the device, the weight being in section, and
Figure 4 is a detail view showing the manner in which the gripping jaws may be spread by the weight.
In arranging table cloths, curtains. draperies. and the like. it is frequently difficult to maintain them in the position desired, table cloths. for instance. often being accidentally pulled or wrinkled while curtains or draperies are liable to be blown about by air currents. Accordingly. the present invention seeks to overcome these annoyances. In carrying the invention into effect, 1 provide a body member formed of a single Serial No. 493,087.
length of suitable resilient wire bent intermediate its ends to provide overlapping strands. At a point substantially midway thereof these strands are, as clearly shown in Figure 2, slightly bowed outwardly away from eachother, as indicated at 10, and are crossed to form diverging spring arms.1l at the upper ends of which are shoulders 12. From this point, the strands of Wire are abruptly bent inwardly to again cross each other medially above the shoulders 12 and incline upwardly and outwardl in opposite directions, whence the stran s are again bent inwardly toward each other and are looped to provide coacting converging gripping jaws 13, the loops tending to prevent accidental tearing or piercin of a fabric by the ends of the jaws. Shi table upon the body member is a spherical element provid ing a weight 15 of suitable material. the ball having a diametric opening 16 therethrough freely receiving the overlapping strands of the body member. To prevent accidental displacement of the weight 15 the strands of the body member are bent laterally near the lOWQI'MBIliOf said member to define a laterally directed terminal 17 against which the weight normally rests.
As will now be seemthe shoulders 12-0f the spring arms 11 ma be grasped and pressed toward each ot er to spread the gripping jaws 13, whereupon a portion of a table cloth or the like may be disposed between the jaws when upon release of the shoulders the spring arms 11 will act to advance the jaws toward each other into coacting relation, firmly gripping the fab ric between said jaws to support the device depending from the table cloth, weighting the free margin thereof. However, if desired, the jaws, may, with equal facility, be separated by shifting the Weight 15 over the bowed portions 10 of the spring arms and forcing said weight upwardly against the lower end portions of the outwardly diverging sections 11 of said arms to impinge thereagainst, in the manner illustrated in Figure 4, for pressing these portions toward each other and consequently forcing the jaws apart. Bv then shifting the weight away from said portions, the arms will immediately act to bring the jaws toward each other clamping the fabric therebetween. After the jaws have been caused to grip the fabric. it is to be particularly ObSPl\'8(l that by disposing the weight upon the bowed portions 10 of the spring arms, in the man ner indicated in dotted lines in Figure said weight will prevent outward movement of said portions away from each other to, in turn. prevent spr adilm of the jaws, thus locking the jaws in engagement with the fabric. Thus, the weight is capable oi performin g a three-fold function, namely. that of providing a weight for the pendant, that of acting as a spreader for the jaws, and that of locking the jaws in roacling relation. In Figure 1, I have. as an example. shown the use of the device in conection with an ordinary table cloth in. a pair of the deviees being illustrated. It is to be under sto'od. however, that as many of the pendants may be used as is found ne essary or de sirable. and while I have shown the inven ti onin connection with a table cloth, it is to be understood. nevertheless. as previously pointed out, that it may be employed in connection with curtains. draperies, and like articles. T accordingly provide a highly cttieient device for the purpose stated which will not be bunglesome and which may be attractively finished to present a neat and pleasing appearance.
Having thus described the invention. what is claimed as new is:
l. A device of the character described including a body member having crossed resilient arms terminating in normally closed jaws, and a slide mounted upon the body below the arms and shittablc. to compress the arms to spread the jaws.
2. A device of the character described in eluding a body member having crossed resilient arms terminating at one end in normally closed jaws and at their opposite ends in opposed bows, and a slide encircling the body member and adapted to compress the arms to spread the jaws or compress the bows to prevent spreading of the jaws.
3. A. device of the character described including a. body member formed to provide crossed sprin arms having outwardly diverging portions terminating in coacting gripping jaws. and a weight for the body member shiftable thereon to impinge the outwardly diverging portions of said arms and force the arms toward each other to spread the jaws.
4. pendant including overlapping strands having oppositely bowed portions and thence crossed to provide diverging spring arms crossed near their free ends and tormed with coacting gripping jaws, and a weight slidable along said strands to coact with said arms for spreading the jaws or to coact with said bowed portions for locking the jaws against separation.
5. A device of the character described including a body member comprising crossed spring arms having coacting gripping jaws and formed with crossed oppositely directed bowed portions, and an element shiftable upon said member to clasp'the crossed bowed portions of the arms below their crossing point and hold the a-ws toward each other.
6. A device of the character described including a body member having crossed resilient arms terminatin' at one end in normally closed jaws, a. slide on the body member adapted to compress the arms to spread the j aws, and a supporting stop for the slide on the body below the arms.
In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.
THOMAS H. MORRIS-ON. [a 5.]
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US3187780A (en) * 1961-08-03 1965-06-08 Grob & Co Ag Weight for a jacquard heddle
US3889313A (en) * 1974-10-12 1975-06-17 Hulthen Ab Henry Cloth weight
US4609132A (en) * 1985-04-26 1986-09-02 Brokenshire Douglas B Gravity actuated locking garment hanger
US4979339A (en) * 1989-01-11 1990-12-25 Jones Frederick L Protective cover with hold-downs
US5097638A (en) * 1989-01-11 1992-03-24 Jones Frederick L Cover hold-downs utilizing bottles with pierced flanges
US6079855A (en) * 1998-04-23 2000-06-27 Azeredo; Ruth Ann Detachable decorative system for lamp shades
US20060065182A1 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-03-30 Campbell Donald E Device and method for preventing a flag from furling
US20060150537A1 (en) * 2005-01-13 2006-07-13 Baum John A Tarp hold down device
US20070256206A1 (en) * 2006-05-04 2007-11-08 Nilsen Michael B Exercise garment
US7503079B1 (en) 2001-07-19 2009-03-17 Lynn Fletcher Scarf with multi-purpose weighted securing means
US20160262577A1 (en) * 2015-03-11 2016-09-15 William Lawrence Maner Shower curtain restrainer

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3187780A (en) * 1961-08-03 1965-06-08 Grob & Co Ag Weight for a jacquard heddle
US3889313A (en) * 1974-10-12 1975-06-17 Hulthen Ab Henry Cloth weight
US4609132A (en) * 1985-04-26 1986-09-02 Brokenshire Douglas B Gravity actuated locking garment hanger
US4979339A (en) * 1989-01-11 1990-12-25 Jones Frederick L Protective cover with hold-downs
US5097638A (en) * 1989-01-11 1992-03-24 Jones Frederick L Cover hold-downs utilizing bottles with pierced flanges
US6079855A (en) * 1998-04-23 2000-06-27 Azeredo; Ruth Ann Detachable decorative system for lamp shades
US7503079B1 (en) 2001-07-19 2009-03-17 Lynn Fletcher Scarf with multi-purpose weighted securing means
US20060065182A1 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-03-30 Campbell Donald E Device and method for preventing a flag from furling
US20060150537A1 (en) * 2005-01-13 2006-07-13 Baum John A Tarp hold down device
US20070256206A1 (en) * 2006-05-04 2007-11-08 Nilsen Michael B Exercise garment
US7376979B2 (en) 2006-05-04 2008-05-27 Nilsen Michael B Exercise garment
US20160262577A1 (en) * 2015-03-11 2016-09-15 William Lawrence Maner Shower curtain restrainer
US10206543B2 (en) * 2015-03-11 2019-02-19 William Lawrence Maner Shower curtain restrainer

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