US1712652A - Clothes stick - Google Patents

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May 14, 1929. N 1,712,652

CLOTHES STI CK Filed Jan. 13, "1928 gwuwntof Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES ELMER G. DUNN, 0F KEOKUK, IOWA.

CLOTHES STICK.

Application filed January 13, 1928. Serial No. 246,636.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes sticks.

One object of the invention is to pro vide a clothes stick which is of such construction that the clothes will not slip therefrom, when the clothes are being lifted from the water, by means of the stick.

Another object is to provide a terminal for a clothes stick which may be readily attached to any ordinary stick, and whereby the lifting ot the clothes is greatly facilitated.

Another object is to provide a terminal or tip :lor a clothes stick which will not wear out readily, and which will not tear or otherwise injure the clothes.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when tale-in in connection with the accompanying d rawi'ng.

In the drawing:

Figure is a perspective view of an end of a clothes stick showing the tip or shoe attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the parts separated from each other..

vl'rhet'erring particularly to the accompanying drawing, represents a portion of a clothes stick, which as illustrated in the drawing is angular in cross section, although this may be varied according tothe desires ll)" manufacturer or purchase The stick is pr fer-ably formed from wood, which renders the same comparatively light in wight, and permits easier manipulation.

Un the end oi? the stick is secured a metal tip, represented as a whole by the numeral Ill, such tip being composed of two halves 12 and i3, each having an angular channeled portion 14, which snugly embraces the end oi the stick, the flanges of such portions being disposed. in overlapping relation to each other, and nails, or other suitable fastening devices 15, driven through the said portions 1%, into the stick end. Beyond the end oi the stick the members 12 and 1.3, which are preferably formed from some light metal, are curved downwardly and outwardly away from one edge of the stick, to form a toot it and on the upper concave portion of such toot there are termed the transverse corru gations 17. The toot is, in efiect, a hook, which facilitates the lifting of. the clothes from the water, and by reason of the corrugations, the clothes are held from slipping from the foot.

It will be noted that the flanges of the members 12 and 13 are of approximately the same width so that when properly engaged together and secured to the end of the stick, the foot portions will be held in rigid position, without any tendency to flex toward and away "from each other.

When the stick is plunged into the water containing clothes, and the operator manipulates the stick to lift a portion of such cothes, the corrugations of the foot of the stick will serve to prevent such clothes slipping, so that the clothes may be success fully lifted from the water.

The foot has a smooth. eaterior, and rounded edges so that there will be no tearing or otherwise injuring the clothes.

l'l 'hilc I have shown the foot as adapted for attachment to a stick end having an angular cross section, I wish it understood that the foot may be made to apply to a stick of circular cross section, or any other cross section. desired. I do not wish to be limited to the degree of curve of the foot, as such foot may be more or less sharply curved, or may be of greater or less length.

What claimed is:

l. A terminal for a clothes stick comprising a hollow casing longitudinally arcuate and having one end open to receive the end of the clothes stick, said casing having trans- \IQX'SQ corrugations in its concave face.

A. terinina tor a clothes stick comprising a hollow two part casing longitudinally arcuate and having one end open to re ceive an end oi the clothes stick, each of the parts of the casing having transverse corrugations in its concave face which nest with the corrugations ot the other part and having its convex :tace smooth.

3. A ter nnal for an end of a clothes stick comprising a two part longitudinally arcuate casing having one end open for the reception of an end of the stick, the convex face oi each oi the casing parts being sn'iootl'i While each concave face is termed with transverse corrugations, the edge portions oi the casing parts being disposed in overlapping relation to each other when applied to the stick end and provided with fastening receiving openings in the stick end receiving opening, the corrugations of one casing part nesting with the corrugations oi the other casing part.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ELMER C. DUNN.

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