1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to badge pin straightening and aligning tools and more particularly pertains to a new badge pin straightening and aligning tool for straightening and aligning bent pins on badges, service ribbons and decorations.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of badge pin straightening and aligning tools is known in the prior art. More specifically, badge pin straightening and aligning tools heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,537,098 by Keck; U.S. Pat. No. 3,795,036 by Roebuck; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 271,372 by Fortune; U.S. Pat. No. 4,034,595 by Smith; U.S. Pat. No. 5,389,099 by Hartmeister et al.; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,719,358 by Lassen.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new badge pin straightening and aligning tool. The inventive device includes a plate with first and second faces, a spaced apart pair of end edges, and a spaced apart pair of side edges extending between the end edges of the plate. The plate has a cutout adjacent a first of the end edges of the plate and a first of the side edges of the plate to form an extent portion of the plate adjacent the first end edge of the plate and a second of the side edges of the plate. The plate has a bore extending therethrough between the first and second faces of the plate located towards a second of the end edges of the plate.
In these respects, the badge pin straightening and aligning tool according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of straightening and aligning bent pins on badges, service ribbons and decorations.