Patent Application
20190231033
Safety pins can be used to pin one item to another item. For example, safety pins are routinely used to pin items to hold to clothing or other items of fabric. The point of a safety pin is that the pointed part of its pin portion is maintained underneath a protector surface when the device is pinned, so that the pointed portion of the safety pin cannot stick or otherwise harm the user.
Embodiments disclosed herein describe a double pinning safety pin which has two different portions that can pin, and both of the pin portions are held underneath a safety cover when in the pinned position.
A first embodiment which has double pins coming from a first pivot point.
Another embodiment describes 2 different pins, each on its own pivot point.
A special double catching pin receiving head is also defined, with dual surfaces for holding the safety pin.
In the Drawings:
Embodiments describe a double clipping safety pin, which has two different pins, both of which are spring-loaded, and both of which attach into a surface held within a safety cover. This allows double pinning so that one of the pins can be pinned to a first item and the other pin can be pinned to a second item.
A first embodiment shows a first double pinning safety pin which includes a single safety cover 100 which is a double surfaced safety cover having a first pin receiving surface 102 on one side of the cover, and a second pin receiving surface 104 on the other side of the cover. In one embodiment, the cover 100 is attached to a rigid structural member 110 which extends from a first end 116 near the spring bias portion formed of a coil spring 115, to a second end 117 that adjoins the safety cover 100. A portion of the structural member 110 is covered with a rigid cover that protects and strengthens the connection. In another embodiment, the pin structure extends from the first end to the second end with no cover.
The safety cover 100 includes safety pin receiving surfaces 130, 131 on opposite sides. Each of the safety pin receiving surfaces includes a rounded surface that is shaped to receive and hold the end of the pin therein.
The spring biased portion 120 is a common axis coil spring, forming two spring points, respectively formed to spring bias the respective pins into the open positions as shown in
In operation, first pin end such as 151 can be pinned into an item such as an item of cloth or paper or other thin material. Then, the pin end 151 is pressed towards the safety cover 100, and the pin and is hooked under the open portion 135, and tucked into the surface 130. When tucked into the surface 130, the pointed portion 151 of the pin is held under the safety surface 130, so that it cannot harm or poke an individual, however it is pinned in place. In a similar way, the second pin end 141 is tucked into the corresponding surface 131 at the second end of the pinhead.
In this embodiment, both pins hinge on a common hinge axis at 120, and hook in to a single safety member 100.
A second embodiment is shown in
In one embodiment, the safety covers 301331 are double ended, bilaterally symmetrical, safety covers of the same type as in
The previous description of the disclosed exemplary embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these exemplary embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
