US2015149A

US2015149A - Pin

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Publication number: US2015149A
Application number: US717623A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stanley S Krzeminski
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-03-27
Filing date: 1934-03-27
Publication date: 1935-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1952-09-24

Description

Patented Sept. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to pins and has for its object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of this character especially designed for use by dressmakers, tailors and I others in fitting and, basting garments and which can be used with good results as an ordinary pin, emergency pin, paper clip, or wherever it is desired to, fasten two or more pieces of material t gether.

10 A further object of the invention is to provide a pin which may be readily inserted in fabric or other material without wrinkling the material and which will firmly grip said materialso as to prevent accidental displacement and loss of the A further object is to provide a pin including a piercing member having a resilient guard connected therewith and spaced therefrom in such a manner as to compensate for the thickness 20' of the material on which the pin is used, said guard being adapted to bear against and frictionally engage the tucks in the material formed by the piercing member so as to smooth out or flatten the tucks and: at the same time prevent slip- 25- pingof the pin.

' A further object is'to provide one end of the pin with a finger piece to facilitate insertion of the pin and: the other end thereof with a laterally deflected terminal or guide to prevent the guard 30 from catching in the material when using the pin.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efliciency.

35 In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pin embodying 40 the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the pin in proper position on the fabric.

Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating a modi- 45 fled form of the invention.

The improved pin, forming the subject-matter of the present invention is preferably formed of a single length of resilient wire or similar material bent intermediate its length at 5 to form 50 spaced superposed bars, one of which forms a shank or piercing member 6 and the other a guard or holder 1.

The shank 6 projects longitudinally a short distance beyond the member I and the terminal 55 thereof is sharpened to form a piercing point 8 finger piece and the sides of this loop are serrated I or otherwise roughened at I I so as to enable the user to obtain a firm grip on the loop when inserting the pin in or removing the pin from the material. The lower edge of the guard is also preferably serrated at 2 to present a roughened 10 surface to the material and assist inpreventing displacement of the pin. a

The free end of the guard is bent or curved laterally, on the same side of the pin as the loop Iii, to form a deflector l3 which rides overthe surface of the fabric or other material and prevents the guard from catching therein when inserting or removing the pin.

It will be here noted that the distance between the guard 'l and the piercing member 6, at the 2% throat M of the loop, is greater than at the deflector i3 so that the guard is disposed at a slight angle or inclination with respect to the piercing member and thus compensates for the thickness of the material in which the pin is inserted.

When the pin is not in use, the free end of the guard contacts with or is very slightly spaced from the piercing member 6, but when the pin is inserted in the material, the guard 1 will bear flat against the tucks l5 formed by the piercing member when the latter is inserted in the material and thus not only prevent the formation of rufiies or puckers but also serve to securely clamp the material to the piercing member and this clamping action is enhanced owing to the fact that the lower face of the guard is roughened or serrated. If desired, however, the serrations II' and I2 may be omitted and the guard and piercing member as well as the handle made perfectly smooth and unobstructed, as best shown in Fig- 40 ure 4 of the drawing.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figure 4, the wire at the end of the guard instead of being bent laterally is curled upon itself to form an eye l6 which forms a deflector and operates in the same manner as the deflector shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. When the pin is used by dressmakers, tailors and others for basting and fitting garments, the user grasps the finger piece In and threads the piercing member 6 through the fabric 9 and as the piercing member passes through the fabric the guard I will open to accommodate the thickness of the material and at the same time exert a spring pressure thereon so as to flatten out the material at the ruflies or tucks l5 and firmly grip the material so that accidental displacement and loss of the pin is reduced to a minimum. While the device is primarily intended in fitting garments, it will, of course, be understood that the pin may be used with equally good results as an ordinary pin, as a paper clip, or wherever it is desired to fasten two or more pieces of any kind of material together.

It will also be understood that the pins may be made in different sizes and shapes and constructed of any suitable material, and that, if desired, the pins may be plated or finished in gold, silver or chromium nickel and that in some cases the outer or exposed edge of the guard as well as the finger piece may have an artistic design impressed therein or embossed thereon soas to give the pin an ornamental appearance and permit the use thereof as an emergency pin on dress clothes without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus decribed the invention, I claim:

1. A pin comprising a straight shank having a pointed end, a resilient guard coacting therewith, and a loop connecting the shank and guard and constituting a finger piece, said guard being disposed at an angle to the shank and having its free end terminating near the pointed end of the shank and deflected laterally.

2. A pin formed of a single length of metal having its intermediate portion bent to form a loop constituting a finger piece and defining a straight shank having a pointed end, and a guard of less length than said shank, the free end of the guard terminating in close proximity to the pointed end of the shank and being bent laterally on the same side of the pin as the loop to form a terminal deflector.

3. A pin formed of a single length of metal having its intermediate portion bent to form a loop constituting a finger piece and its opposite ends extended longitudinally in spaced superposed relation to form a straight shank having a pointed end and a guard of less length than said shank, the inner longitudinal edges of said guard and shank forming continuous material engaging faces, the free end of the guard being bent laterally near the pointed end of the shank to form a deflector.

4. A pin formed of a single length of wire having its intermediate portion bent to form a shank having a pointed end and a guard arranged at an angle to the shank, the shank being disposed in the same longitudinal plane throughout its en- 5 tire length and the material at the juncture of said shank and guard being bent to form a connecting loop disposed wholly on the guard side of the pin and constituting a finger piece, the inner longitudinal edge of the guard being serrated to present a roughened surface and the free end of said guard terminating near the pointed end of the shank and being bent laterally in the same direction as the loop to form a deflector.

5. A pin formed of a single length of spring wire substantially circular in cross section and having its intermediate portion bent to form a shank straight throughout its entire length and provided with a pointed end, and a guard arranged at one side of the shank, the material at the juncture of the guard and shank being bent to form a connecting loop disposed wholly on the guard side of the pin and constituting a finger piece, the inner longitudinal edge of the guard being roughened and normally disposed at an 2 5 angle to the longitudinal edge of the shank to form a continuous material engaging surface and the free end of said guard terminating near the pointed end of the shank and being bent laterally in the same direction as the finger piece to form 39, a deflector.

6. A pin formed of a single length of wire having its intermediate portion bent to form a shank having a pointed end and a guard of less length than the shank and disposed at an 355; angle thereto, the material at the juncture of said shank and guard being bent to form a connecting loop disposed Wholly on the guard side or" the pin and constituting a finger piece, the opposite sides of which are roughened, the free end of the guard terminating short of the pointed end of the shank and being bent laterally in the same direction as the loop to form a deflector, the inner longitudinal edge of the guard between the defiector and the loop being serrated to present a roughened surface to the material.

STANLEY s. KRZEMINSKI.