AU606307B1

AU606307B1 - Improvement in clothesline

Info

Publication number: AU606307B1
Application number: AU55184/90A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Maxwell James Angel; Philippa Bernadette Angel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1989-10-27
Filing date: 1990-05-17
Publication date: 1991-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 2010-05-17

Description

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AUSTRALIA

PATENTS ACT 1952 COM;PLETE SPECIFICATION

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FOR OFFICE USE: 9,4 00 o0 0n 0 40a a. 0 Appli cai on Number: PJ7085 Lodged: 27 October 1989 Accepted: Pub]lished: Priori ty: Related Art: *4.*4 o 4 4 0 CCI

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Name and Address of Applicant: Maxwell James Angel The Summit Road Port Macquarie New South Wales 2444

AUSTRALIA

Philippa Bernadette Angel The Summit Road Port Macquarie New South Wales 2444

AUSTRALIA

Maxwell James Angel, Philippa Bernadette Angel Spruson Ferguson, Patent Attorneys, Level 33 St Martins Tower, 31 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2000, Australia Actual Inventor: Address for Service: Complete Specification for the invention entitled: Improvement in Clothesline 4~3~O The following statement is a full descripti6n of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us 581 5/2 -j Signature of applicant or attorney TcO-7TfIl&AiONER OF PATENTS This form must be accompanied by either a provisional specification (Form 9 and true copy) or by a complete specification (Form 10 and true copy).

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-1 S0 The present invention relates to clotheslines, and in particular, to an attachment which is able to be applied to a clothesline to enable items of clothing and manchester to be suspended for drying.

When hanging clothes or manchester on clotheslines in order that the clothes and manchester are dried, it is preferable to use pegs or some like attachment means to securely attach the articles of clothing or manchester to the line. This means that there is a limitation on how the clothes are suspended and the location thereof.

It is also the case that a normal clothesline or clothes drying stand are innapropriate for certain locations and application.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improvement in clotheslines which enables items of clothing or manchester to be suspended without the use of peg or attachment means, and/or to replace existing clotheslines.

35 According to one aspect of the present invention there is disclosed a o a clothesline device comprising a body having attachment means which is used a@ Q to suspend the body, wherein the body has a plurality of apertures located therein, the apertures being used to secure items of clothing, manc,ester or the like to be suspended from said device, wherein the apertures have a wedging means to secure the clothes or the like in the apertures.

Some embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a clothesline device of the preferred embodiment, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a clothesline device of a second *t embodiment; and a Fig. 3 is a front view of a clothesline device of a third embodiment.

In the embodiments illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, a clothesline device 1 comprises a rectangular body 2 in which a plurality of apertures 3 are located along its length. At the top 4 of the body 2, an edging bead 4 is located. The edging strip 4 includes three clipping arrangements 5 which are used to clip or attach the device 1 to a clothesline or the like. Naturally, the number of clipping arrangements can be varied according to requirements and the clipping arrangement 5 can be attached to any type of anchoring point as required.

As seen from the Fig. 1, the apertures 3 are arranged in two offset rows and are arranged completely along the length of the device 1. The I1 -2- HRF/3380U apertures 3 have inverted tear-shapes with a slit 6 located below, whereby the items of clothes can be inserted through the larger diameter hole and then wedged in the slit 6 at the bottom part of the aperture 3.

In use, the device 1 is either suspended from a clothesline or any other position if a clothesline is not available. A number of devices can be used, or naturally, the device 1 can be of indeterminate length according to requirements. The device 1 can be used indoors or outdoors as required.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2, the device 1 is of a longer length and has a wire 7, preferably made from metal, running along the length of the edging strip 4. The wire 7 is to add strength to the device I over the longer length. The wire 7 is also able to be attached at the end points of the device 1 whereby the device 1 is suspended from these S points to form a line in itself. This embodiment is used when there is no clothesline available for the device to be attached thereto. In this o a embodiment the use of the clipping arrangements 5 is optional.

In another embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, the body 2 of the device 1 has a greater vertical length and as such is able to be used when drying a number of smaller items. This embodiment has the advantage that it can be used indoors or outdoors and can be wrapped or rolled up and moved from or.. e one location to another.

The foregoing describes only one embodiment of the present invention, and modifications obvious to those skilled in the art can be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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Claims

2. A clothesline device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the aperture is an inverted tear-shaped device with the lower part of the inverted tear-shape being a slit used as the wedging means.
3. A clothesline attachment device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the body is in the form of a rectangular strip, which has an edging bead at the top edge thereof, wherein the attachment 0 0 oP means are connected to the edging bead. 445 4. A clothesline attachment device as claimed in claim 3 wherein o U the attachment means comprises a clip arrangement which. is able to be 0o00 clipped to a clothesline. A clothesline device as claimed in claim 3 wherein the edging bead has a reinforcing wire located therein, wherein the reinforcing wire is able to be connected to anchoring points whereby the device is suspended o therefrom. go 6. A clothesline device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the plurality of apertures are formed in a plurality of offset rows.
7. A clothesline device as claimed in claim 6 wherein there are two 245 offset rows of apertures.
8. A clothesline device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the device is of indeterminate length.
9. A clothesline device substantially as described with reference to Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 or Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings. DATED this TWENTY FOURTH day of OCTOBER 1990 i Maxwell James Angel Philippa Bernadette Angel Patent Attorneys for the Applicant SPRUSON FERGUSON Y1 r'/V O gr/ 304y I