Patent Summary Sheet

Instructions:
In your engineering notebook or on the attached form document each patent you find related
to the major project problem you have identified. Your instructor may want you to print or
partially print the related patent.
Source (APA format):
HARLES, BENJAMn. Improvement in Clothes-pins. Vincent D. Ubso, assignee. Patent US141740 A.
12 Aug. 1873. Print.

Patent Number:

US 141740 A
Patent Summary:
This is a patent for an improvement to the clothes-pin. It is a U shaped double jaw design.
The design greatly improves the power of the U-shaped spring for increased grip. The spring
also serves as its own fulcrum.
Patent Critique:
This Patent matters because it is the oldest for clothes pin I could find. Even modern clothes
pins seemed to based on this basic design. The sketch is not very descriptive and only
contains one view.
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