Jan. 10, 1961 P. PERNECKY, JR 2,967,340 GLOVE AND LIKE ARTICLE HOLDER Filed Feb. 3, 1958

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ATTORNEYS 2,967,340 United States Patent Office Patented Jan. 10, 1961 2 14 is preferably greater than the open mouth between the clips indicated at 20 in Figure 5. At one end the cord 14 is formed with a small diameter section 24 which 2,967,340 is of such size as to slip readily into mouth 20 and the open mouths of the spring clips. GLOVE AND LIKE ARTICLE HOLDER Preferably also the cord 14 is provided along the region Paul Pernecky, Jr., 5733 16th St. N.W., where it slidably passes through clasp 16 with a series Washington 11, D.C. of longitudinally spaced recesses or pockets 25, which Filed Feb. 3, 1958, Ser. No. 712,704 may be formed by suitable riveted metal elements, as 10 shown in Figure 3. These recesses or pockets are pref 1 Claim. (C. 24-18) erably formed on one or both legs of the cord extending through clasp 16 and they are adapted to coact with pro jections 22, 23 to lock the cord in positions of varying size of loop 17. Preferably the projections 22, 23 and This invention relates to a device for holding articles 15 the pockets 25 are of such size and shape that they coact such as gloves, scarfs and the like to devices usually car as Snap fasteners to lock the cord to the clasp when the ried in the hand such as handbags. In its preferred em user presses the cord from the side opposite the pockets. bodiment it will be described as a holder for gloves on a In use and assembly, the cord 14 is threaded through lady's handbag but it is capable of analogous uses. one spring clip, looped through the handbag handle as The invention provides a flexible looped member which 20 in Figure 1, and then passed through the other spring is readily opened to enclose the gloves or other article and clip so that loop 17 which now encloses the handbag then closed and tightened to complete the mounting and handle is formed. The reduced cord section 24 passes prevent accidental loss. Devices for the purpose have through mouth 20 and the open clip mouths to permit been heretofore proposed but none of them have proved this assembly, which is speedily and readily accomplished. acceptable due to complexities of structure and inability 25 The flexible loop 17 is now ready to receive a pair of to properly hold the articles. gloves or the like, even a small package. The article to It is therefore the major object of this invention to pro be held is extended into the loop, as gloves 26 in Figure vide a novel flexible loop device that is readily openable 1, and the loop 7 is reduced by pulling both cord ends for attachment to a handbag or the like and capable of slidably through the clasp 6 until the loop tightens on receiving and tightening about a pair of gloves to be 30 the article. Engagement of the projection 22, 23 with suspended from the handbag. the pockets on the cord provides a positive retainer action A further object of the invention is to provide a looped to prevent undesired sliding of the cord in the clasp. glove or like flexible article holder having novel clasp In order to detach the gloves it is necessary only to Structure. release the snap fasteners at 25 and slide the clasp 16 Further objects will appear as the description proceeds 35 to sufficiently open loop 17, which may be done speedily. in connection with the appended claim and the annexed This holding device being flexible and relatively small drawings wherein: does not impede use of the handbag, and it may be made Figure 1 is an elevation showing how the device is decorative to suit taste. The loop 17 may accommodate mounted on the usual lady's handbag; one or more articles such as gloves, sun glasses, um Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view show 40 brellas, Small packages, parking meter coin and bus token ing the clasp structure; cases, etc., all instantly available to the user. Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view show Instead of employing the type of assembly described in ing the detent recesses on the cord; the foregoing wherein the cord is formed with a reduced Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the section to enter the clips at 19, 21 I may provide any detent projections on the clasp; and 45 other suitable means of quickly detachably receiving the Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 2. cord. For example one or both of members 19 and 21 A lady's handbag 11 of conventional form is shown could be an openable spring biased pivoted element which with the usual loop handle 12 which may be flexible, could be quickly snapped open to receive the cord, and rigid, fixed or pivoted. for this it would be unnecessary to provide a reduced sec The device of the invention here is indicated at 13 and 50 tion such as at 24 on the cord. Such pivoted elements comprises essentially a length of flexible cord 14 which 19 or 21 could thus extend over further to more com is doubled upon itself and may have rigid tip or bead ele pletely enclose the cord as desired. ments 15 fixed on its opposite ends. Besides being usable as an attachment to a handbag the As shown in Figure 1 a clasp 16 is provided through holder device of the invention has other uses as it may which slidably extends the doubled cord ends so that a loop over a coat button or the like. The surface of the closed loop 17 is formed, and the size of the loop 17 clasp 16 opposite the clips may be suitably initialed or may be changed by sliding clasp 16 along the cord. decorative. The clasp 16 is according to the preferred embodiment The invention may be embodied in other specific forms a rigid metal plate 18 having on one side two parallel lat without departing from the spirit or essential character erally spaced open-ended spring clips 19 and 21 that 60 istics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore to open toward each other and are sized to slidably retain be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restric the cord sections. On the side opposite loop 17 and in tive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the alignment with the spring clips are laterally spaced pro appended claim rather than by the foregoing description, jections 22 and 23 (Figures 2 and 4) for a purpose to and all changes which come within the meaning and range appear. of equivalency of the claim are therefore intended to be The flexible cord 14 is preferably of braided textile and embraced therein. approximately circular cross-section and its diameter is What is claimed and desired to be secured by United preferably slightly greater than the distance across the States Letters Patent is: open mouths of clips 19 and 21 so that the cord does not A holding device for articles comprising a single length displace transversely out of the clips even though it slides 70 of flexible cord doubled upon itself, a clasp having clip freely longitudinally therein. Also the diameter of cord means receiving the ends of said cord and comprising 2,967,840 3 4. at least one clip through which one cord end slidably and References Cited in the file of this patent frictionally extends, said clip being an open-ended spring UNITED STATES PATENTS clip, a closed article embracing loop being formed by 637,445 Bullens ------Nov. 21, 1899 the intermediate section of said cord and the clasp, and 1,252, 149 Muse ------Jan. 1, 1918 means distinct from said clip means providing detachable 5 1,982,501 Douglas ------Nov. 27, 1934 snap fastener connection between said clasp and said one 2,260,700 Bloom et al. ------Oct. 28, 1941 cord end extending therethrough for maintaining the de 2,637,884 Morehouse ------May 12, 1953 sired loop size, said connection comprising a projection 2,846,688 Meerer ------Aug. 12, 1958 on said clasp longitudinally aligned with said clip and Cedarstaff ------July 28, 1959 means providing a longitudinally spaced plurality of 0. 2,896,217 pockets on said one cord end for selective snap fastener FOREIGN PATENTS engagement with said projection. 953,334 Germany ------Nov. 29, 1956