US1531977A - Clothesline support - Google Patents

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'' March 31. 1925. 1,531,977

W. S. RITCH ET AL CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT Filed March s; 1923 WITNESSES l/VVENTUB W/NFIELDS Ezra I Zda SAMUEL h. Hug-z:

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A TTORNEIS Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD S. BITCH AND SAMUEL W. PIDGE, OF FULTONVILLE, NEW YORK.

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

Application filed March 3, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, TVINFIELD S. RIToH and SAMUEL W. PIDGE, citizens of the United States, and residents of F ultonville, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clothesline Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an attachment for clotheslines and has particular reference to a device for supporting the lower lead of an endless line from the upper lead thereof when the clothes are in place, whereby to prevent undue sagging of the lower lead from the weight of the clothes.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a clothesline support of the character set forth which affords a double bearing point on both leads of the line to overcome any tendency of the device to tilt and become disarranged.

As a further object the invention provides a clothesline supporting device which affords a coupling with the lower lead of the line for movement therewith and this without pinching or squeezing. the line to such .an extent as to cause wear thereon.

As a still further object the invention contemplates a'clothesline supporting device of the character set forth which is extremely simple in its construction, readily applicable to the line, and which is inexpensive to manufacture and produce.

lVith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side view of the supporting device in applied position.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectionalplan view taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, A and B represent respectively the upper and lower leads of an endless clothesline and C generally designates a supp d ce for supp rt g the ver Serial No. 622,611.

lead from the upper lead whereby the weight of the clothes on the lower lead equally distributes the strain on the upper lead A.

The device C is preferably constructed of a length of resilient material such as wire, which is bent upon itself to provide hooked portions 10 and 11 at its upper and lower ends for respectively engaging over the upper and under the lower leads of the end less clothesline. The upper hooked portion is of U-shaped formation as indicated at 13 and the side legs thereof are connected by spaced bights 12 to a pair of downwardly converging legs 14, intertwisted at 15. The remaining downwardly diverging legs 16 extending from the intertwisted portion are connected by spaced bights 17 to the lower hooked portion 11, which portion is formed by the free ends of the material. The said free ends are then bent upwardly and inwardly and downwardly at 18, the terminals 19 of which are arranged in contiguous parallel relation to provide a spring tongue which is bent at 20 as illustrated in. Fig. 2 to define together with the lower ends of the legs 16 a gripping portion for producing a lateral kink in the lower lead B of the line when the same is forced past the bend 20 of the terminals and is gripped between the lower portion of the tongue and the lower ends of the legs 16. The bent portion 20 of the s ring tongue defined by the terminals 19, together with the legs 16 provides in side view a flared enter-nu mouth 21 for facilitating the entrance or the lower lead of the line. The bend 20 defines together with the legs 16 in side view a medially reduced or constricted portion and the lower end of the tongue together with the lower end of the leg 16 a down wardly flared gripping space 23. The construction of this lower hooked portion produces in the line when hooked thereover, a lateral kink D which couples the device or attachment C with the lower lead for movement therewith whereby the upper hooked portion 10 is caused to slide on the upper lead A. By producing longitudinally spaced bights 12 and 17 in the hooked portions 10 and 11 a wide bearing for the device is afforded on ea h lead of the line to prevent tilting or displacement of the device when in supporting position or when moved with the line. One or more of these devipes may be used connection with a line, depending upon thelength of the same, whereby f theweight of the clothes supported from the lower lead may be distributedlon the upper lead, thus preventing undue sagging of the lower lead as is occasioned where no such a device is employed.

\Ve claim:

1. A device for supporting the lower lead of an endless clothesline from the upper lead thereof, comprising a member having hooked upper and lower ends respectively engaged over the upper lead and under the lower lead, the said lower hooked end bet ing bent to provide means for producing a 2 A device for supporting the lower lead of ail-endless "clothesline from the upper lead thereof, comprising a length of wire bent upon itself to provide hooked portions at its upper and lower ends, said hooked portions having each a pair of spaced bights for respectively engaging over the upper lead and under the lower lead of the line, the lower hooked portion having the free terminals of the bights bent'inwardly to provide a resilient tongue for engagement medially with the portion of the line lying between the bights to produce a lateral kink therein whereby the device securely grips the lower lead for movement of the same therewith.

SAMUEL W. PIDGE. WINFIELD S. BITCH.

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