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US 10,420,404 B2Granted
Multiple component binder clip for use in personal accessory designs
OwnerLawrence Ernest Antinoneinventor
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Abstract
A clip suitable for holding money, credit cards and document is described. The clip includes features that enable use of decorative leather, cloth, rubber, polyester or polyurethane covers that can be interchanged and conceal the inner, typical metal, workings of the clip. The clip further includes electronic devices held within the covers.
Claims2
A binder clip comprised of:
- a. two wire arms that act as opening levers,
- b. a flat metal spring having two long edges and two short edges, each of the edges having a length, the short edges being parallel to one another and having curled edges to house the wire arms, and
- c. a flexible cover that fits over both the wire arms and the flat metal spring, and,
- d. the flexible cover including slots into which the arms are inserted and the slots further including an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is a radio frequency communication device, and the electronic device is connected by a wire to the wire arms thereby creating a loop antenna for the electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.