These traps generally have four clothespins clipped to the bottom corners to provide ground clearance. Walsh got his start with firearms shooting clothespins off of his aunt's laundry line. Some common objects used as capture objectives are flags, articles of clothing, and clothespins. Nests have been built on single clothespins. Shaffer Co. The store sold everything from clothespins to pianos. Zientara later noted that "everything was held together with clothespins". Clothespins often come in many different designs. One factory produced 110 clothespins a minute.