fig1 4 and fig1 and 15 at this time the clothespin or multipurpose clamp now may be suspended from a clothesline c or the like with inner face 14 of main body portion 15 and loop 17 resting on the clothesline raised portions 16 and 18 now may be inter engaged by being moved from the positions of fig1 and 2 to the positions of fig3 14 and 15 body portions 16 and 18 are interengaged by deflecting raised portion 18 to a position behind raised portion 16 exerting an inward pressure on outer face 12 in the direction of the arrows a so as to bring locking pivot pin 30 of locking pivot member 26 into alignment with through bore 46 of hub 44 and pressing with the fingers on the outer surfaces of crowned head 28 of raised portion 16 and hub 44 of raised portion 18 to snap locking pivot pin 26 into through bore 46 with split 32 in pin 26 permitting compression of the pin for easy passage through the bore body portions 16 and 18 may be separated by simply reversing the above noted procedure in the closed configuration of fig3 and 4 hub 44 is disposed in semi circular depression 34 of raised portion 16 annular crowned head 28 is disposed in semi circular depression 47 of raised portion 18 and the flat inner faces 31.