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Attachment for safety pin with identifying indicia

US5404624A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1993
Grant dateApr 11, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/4671
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A safety pin attachment which is capable of being releaseably locked about a conventional safety pin. The attachment has a male half and a female half which are adapted for mutual locking engagement. In one embodiment, the male half and the female half are injection molded adjacent each other and lying in the same plane, connected by a living hinge. The living hinge allows the two halves to be folded together until they are releaseably locked about the safety pin.

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