Phone Holding Pin
A device preventing an object falling out of an open-top pocket is a thin V-shaped piece of wire and has a pair of hooks and retaining arms on the top.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a device which prevents an object in an open-top pocket from falling out.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The most common means of preventing an object falling out of a pocket is a button or a flap with a various securing means, such as Velcro, zippers, or even buttons. With this method, the pocket must be larger than the object in every direction. However, most summer or dress shirts have a simple convenient open-top pocket. Many objects we need to carry with us, such as cell-phone, calculators or some wallets are taller than the depth of most shirt pockets. We drop these objects accidentally as we bend over. We need a simple device to prevent such a costly loss.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis invention is a single V-shaped piece of thin wire with pairs of anchoring means and retaining means at the top ends.
In this invention, a single wire with sharp points on both ends is bent into a V or U-shape. Both top portions of the wire are bent backward to provide a pair of parallel horizontal retaining arms and a pair of small V-shaped hooks, as the points facing away from each other in mirror image. When this invention is put into the pocket over the object, the short parallel portion, which is about the thickness of the object, holds the object down in the pocket and prevents it from falling out, as both ends are hooked on the shirt and the elastic force of the wire spreads and anchors them in place on the shirt. The necessary height of V depends on width and depth of the pocket and height of the object. In most cases, four inches is sufficient.
This invention provides a wide range of the width and location of each ends. One can easily select the hooking point(s) to allow enough space on one side to remove and return the object by simply sliding the object laterally and pulling out without unhooking or unhook one or both ends by pinching with only one hand. This invention can be carried in a small tube by folding or mounted on a card for display and sale.
One can use a thin inverted T-shape element with one or more sets of anchoring and retaining means at the top rather than a single formed thin wire at higher cost.
With reference to the drawings, a single thin wire about ten inches long (1) with sharp points (2a and 2b) at the ends is bent at the mid-point 10 into a V-shape and both ends are bent to form small V shaped hooks 3a and 3b in mirror image and the pointed ends facing away from each other in the same plane. Finally, the top parts are bent backward to form substantially horizontal and parallel top retaining arms 4a and 4b where the distances between the point 2a (or b) to the bend 5a (or b) is slightly larger than the thickness of the object at the top.
Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention it should be understood that numerous structural modifications and adaptations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention.
Claims
1. A device for preventing an object in an open-top shirts pocket from falling out consists of a thin element having a means of anchoring on said shirt and retaining said object at the top end and having a sufficient length and rigidity to keep said object and said element in said pocket.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein, said element is a V-shaped wire.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein said means of anchoring is a pair of V-shaped horizontal hooks in mirror image where the pointed ends facing away from each other and said means of retaining is a pair of substantially horizontal and parallel portions next to said hooks and elastic spreading force of said wire.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein said elements is combination of a thin plate and one or more formed wires.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 28, 2015
Publication Date: May 4, 2017
Inventor: Dae S. Kim (Newton, MA)
Application Number: 14/756,905
