US3134151A

US3134151A - Corsage holding pin

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Publication number: US3134151A
Application number: US215320A
Authority: US
Inventors: Madelcine L Conlin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-08-07
Filing date: 1962-08-07
Publication date: 1964-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 1981-05-26

Description

May 26, 1964 M. L. CONLIN CORSAGE HOLDING PIN Filed Aug. '7, 1962 Madeleine L. Con/in 1N VEN TOR.

United States Patent 3,134,151 CORSAGE HOLDING PIN Madeleine L. Conlin, Woodland Hills, Calif. (19425 Haynes St., Reseda, Calif.) Filed Aug. 7, 1962, Ser. No. 215,320 2 Claims. (Cl. 24-6) The present invention relates to an improved holder for a corsage, more particularly, a novel fastener resembling a safety pin but expressly designed and suitably adapted for securely holding, positioning and retaining a corsage on the wearers clothing.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical, economical readily applicable and removable corsage clamping and attaching pin which effectually serves the purposes for which it is intended.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pin which is of the utmost in efficiency when in use and which does not involve the use of complicating hinges, difficulttouse clasps or any needless component portions which interfere with its ability to function efiiciently.

Briefly the improved holder is fashioned from a single length of resilient non-corrodible wire of requisite gauge which is bent upon itself between its ends and defines a relatively straight pin to pierce and anchor itself on the users apparel or clothing, and also includes a corsage clasping and retaining limb, the latter being provided at a free end thereof with a simple and practical bent terminal which constitutes a keeper for the pointed end of the aforementioned pin.

More explicitly the springy separable and connectible corsage embracing limb has an intermediate bent portion of suitable curvature which conformingly cooperates with the stems of the flowers in a manner to ensure an effective clamping action without undesirably severing the embraced stem portions.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view in perspective illustrating a corsage clamping or holding pin constructed in accordance with the invention and showing how it is designed and used;

FIGURE 2 is a view in perspective which shows in full and phantom lines the manner in which the pointed end of the pin cooperates with its retaining catch;

FIGURE 3 is a end view of the pin illustrated in FIG. 2 observing the structure thereof in a direction from right to left; and

FIGURE 4 is a plan view which shows the formation and cooperation of the component features of the pin.

With reference now to the figures of the drawing the device as an entity is broadly a holder and more specifically a clamp-on type pin-equipped corsage holder. It is made from a single length of wire which is preferably non-corrodible and is of a gauge to provide the desired shapesustaining stability but also the equally desired inherent resiliency. The wire of a suitable grade and gauge, is bent upon itself intermediate its ends to define a substantially straight attaching limb 6 at one end, the latter having a pointed end 8 to penetrate the garment or ap- 3,134,151 Patented May 26, 1964 parel in the manner shown in FIG. 1. This limb functions as a substantially straight penetrating and anchoring pin and is attached to the collar on the wearers coat or lapel, as the case may be. The lefthand end portion of this pin is joined with the complemental clamping limb or arm 10. This result is accomplished by way of a substantially U-shaped bend or bent portion 12 having the desired resilient properties whereby to cause the two limbs or arms to normally separate as shown in FIG. 2 when the free connectible ends of the limbs are disconnected or separated. The righthand or free end portion of the arm or limb 10 has a bent portion 14 which is joined with a laterally bent or directed terminal end portion 16 which has a free terminal or tip portion 18 and a relatively small kink 20 constituting a seat or keeper for releasable reception and retention of the pointed end of the pin 6. The intermediate portion of the limb 10 is provided with an outwardly bowed or bent portion 22 of a length and curvature that it is adapted to saddle itself over and clamp the stems of the flowers in the corsage in the man ner illustrated in FIG. 1. It follows that by forcibly pressing the pin 6 through the clothing or garment, clamp ing the bent portion 22 over the stems of the corsage and then seating the free end of the pin in its keeper seat 20 the pin, construed as an entity, is aptly and satisfactorily attached and the corsage is thus effectually held in place.

It is to be noted that the pin 6 is not in a plane directly beneath the limb 10. In fact, and by reason of the rightangled terminal portion 16 and the keeper seat 20, the pin is offset. In fact, the pin has its pointed end 8 diverging from the junctional bend 12 toward and seated at its free end in the manner shown. Further, it will be noted that the curved or bent terminal or tip portion 18 provides a cam-like member which assists in piloting the flexibly resilient free end portion of the pin 6 into and out of its keeper seat 20.

It is believed that the nature of the invention will be clear from the specification and drawings, that the features and advantages will be self-evident. Consequently, a more extended description is regarded as unnecessary.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the inven tion as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A holder for a corsage comprising a one-piece fastener embodying a pair of companion complemental arms, one arm being substantially straight from end to end and terminating at its free end in a point and constituting a pin, said arm being flexibly resilient, a second arm cooperable with the first arm and having one end joined to a corresponding end of the first arm by an intervening U-bend, the free end of the second arm being provided with a laterally bent terminal portion lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the planes of the arms and constituting a catch for the cooperating end of the pin, said bent portion having a kink therein and a cam end portion outward from the kink, both the kink and cam end portion lying in the plane of the terminal portion, said References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Greeley Feb. 11, 1879 LaDow Apr. 28, 1891 Rhoades Aug. 18, 1903 FOREIGN PATENTS France Sept. 12, 1921 Great Britain of 1905 Great Britain of 1919 Great Britain Aug. 10, 1921 Switzerland Sept. 17, 1900

Claims

1. A HOLDER FOR A CORSAGE COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE FASTENER EMBODYING A PAIR OF COMPANION COMPLEMENTAL ARMS, ONE ARM BEING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT FROM END TO END AND TERMINATING AT ITS FREE END IN A POINT AND CONSTITUTING A PIN, SAID ARM BEING FLEXIBLY RESILIENT, A SECOND ARM COOPERABLE WITH THE FIRST ARM AND HAVING ONE END JOINED TO A CORRESPONDING END OF THE FIRST ARM BY AN INTERVENING U-BEND, THE FREE END OF THE SECOND ARM BEING PROVIDED WITH A LATERALLY BENT TERMINAL PORTION LYING IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANES OF THE ARMS AND CONSTITUTING A CATCH FOR THE COOPERATING END OF THE PIN, SAID BENT PORTION HAVING A KINK THEREIN AND A CAM END PORTION OUTWARD FROM THE KINK, BOTH THE KINK AND CAM END PORTION LYING IN THE PLANE OF THE TERMINAL PORTION, SAID KINK CONSTITUTING A KEEPER SEAT FOR THE PIN, AND THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID SECOND-NAMED ARM HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY BOWED OUTWARDLY PROJECTING BENT PORTION WHICH IS DESIGNED AND ADAPTED TO CONFORMINGLY SADDLE ITSELF OVER THE STEM PORTIONS OF THE FLOWERS WHICH ARE TO BE CLAMPINGLY HELD THEREBY.