Safety pin

Claim 1

IN A SAFETY PIN OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED: (A) A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED MEMBER DEFINING SPACEDAPART LOWER AND UPPER LEGS BETWEEN WHICH A DIAPER OR THE LIKE MAY BE INSERTED FOR A PINNING OPERATION; (B) THE UPPER LEG HAVING AN OUTER FACE IN WHICH A RECESS IS FASHIONED, AND THIS LEG BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THERETHROUGH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RECESS: (C) A SPRING WIRE PIN EXTENDING THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE UPPER LEG AND PROJECTING TOWARD THE LOWER LEG; (D) THE LOWER LEG HAVING AN INNER FACE FORMED WITH A BORE POSITIONED TO RECEIVE A LOWER END OF THE PIN, WHEN THE LATTER IS DEPRESSED TO PIERCE THE DIAPER OR THE LIKE WHICH IS STRADDLED BY THE LEGS; (E) THE PIN HAVING A SPRING WIRE HANDLE FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH AN UPPER END OF THE PIN, AND THIS HANDLE HAVING AN END PART IMBEDDED IN THE UPPER LEG; (F) THE HANDLE BEING FORMED WITH CONVOLUTIONS BIASED TO PROJECT THE LOWER END OF THE PIN INTO THE BORE OF THE LOWER LEG; (G) A HEAD PORTION ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN THE RECESS OF THE UPPER LEG, AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A PERIPHERAL RECESS THROUGH WHICH THE HANDLE EXTENDS, WITH THIS PERIPHERAL RECESS HAVING SUFFICIENT LATERAL WIDTH SO THAT THE HEAD PORTION MAY BE PARTIALLY ROTATED ABOUT THE PIN; (H) THE HEAD PORTION BEING DEPRESSIBLE IN THE RECESS OF THE UPPER LEG, AND ENGAGING WITH THE HANDLE SO AS TO MOVE THE PIN TO PIERCE THE DIAPER OR THE LIKE UPON BEING DEPRESSED; AND (I) INTERENGAGING MEANS ON THE UPPER LEG AND THE HEAD PORTION TO RETAIN THE LATTER IN DEPRESSED POSITION, WHEN THE HEAD PORTION IS PRESSED DOWNWARDLY AND ROTATE ABOUT THE PIN SO AS TO HOLD THE PIN IN PIERCING RELATION WITH THE DIAPER OR THE LIKE.