Sock mate

• US 6,463,636 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2001
• Issued: 10/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Russell Friedewald
• Original Assignee: Russell Friedewald
• Inventors: Friedewald, Russell
• Primary Examiner(s): SAKRAN, VICTOR N
• Application Number:
  US09/851,984
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 245/731, 245/78, 245/90, 245/91, 245/75, 245/76, 24D/IG.29, 223/9
• US Class Current: 24/595.1
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/002 Pairing socks devices for keeping articles together during laundering D06F95/008
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 95/008 Devices for keeping articles together during laundering, e.g. for keeping socks in pairs D06F95/004 takes precedence; Devices for protecting or shielding certain parts of the articles during laundering, e.g. button protectors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 24/29 Laundry device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/11 Album fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45262 Pin, post and receiver
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45775 having resiliently biased interlocking component or segment

Abstract

A holder for socks which is barbell shaped when opened and has a snap receiver on one end of the barbell and a snap connector on the other opposite end.

Claims

1. A sock holder comprising:

a flexible connecting member mounted between and fixed to two larger diameter end members,

one of said two end members having a snap receiver and the other of said two end members having a snap connector for mating with the snap receiver,

each of said two end members being generally circular in shape with the snap receiver and snap connector being generally centered within their respective end member,

said snap receiver consisting of a hole within the end member and the snap connector consisting of a stem extending from the end member with an enlarged end portion to engage the hole of the snap receiver to retain the two end members together,

the exposed face surfaces of each end member opposite the surfaces with the snap receiver and the snap connector having identifying indicia,

said identifying indicia including portions raised from the facing surface of the end member,

wherein said snap receiver has a lip encircling the hole of the receiver, said lip being fixed to the surface of the end on which it is mounted.

2. The sock holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein said identifying indicia includes numbers on the outside facing surface of the end member.