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Posted by hipstomp | 24 May 2010
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"Most of my designs are problem led," writes a designer who only goes by the name Product Tank, "and come about because friends of friends and family of family mention that they struggle to do this or that, they say 'Why hasn't some bright spark managed to solve the problem of...?'"
To that end, Mr. Tank has redesigned the clothes pin, seen above.
Inspired by watching a neighbour struggle to hang out her washing using traditional pegs because she suffers from arthritis, I have redesigned the clothes peg. My design features a locking mechanism and a flexible rubber grip that rests against the clothes. If clothes try to slip off the line, the rubber grip is displaced, increasing the pressure on the clothes. This allows a very light spring (the same type used in push top pens) to be used, so that anyone with weak/painful grip can more easily open and close the peg.
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Comments
Nice work. One problem I find with clothes pins (or 'pegs' in Australia) is when you're hanging out the laundry you only have one hand free to find and operate the clothes pin. With one hand it's difficult to find a pin and orientate it to clip on while you're holding the clothes in the other hand. I've seen a double ended peg which helps with this, but not one that Shirley could use. If there was a pin that was as easy to use as yours and could also by used in any direction that would be a further improvement. I don't ask for much!
Absolutely Fabulous!!!!!
An excellent idea, they would be very useful and are very practical, not one of those things that dont get used often.