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Attachment for a safety pin

US5412851A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1993
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/4671
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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 engagament. 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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