Clip with contact plates
OwnerLadi O. Shogbamimu, Dennis B. Danellainventors
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Abstract
A binder clip that is capable of fastening a plurality of objects together while reducing the amount of damage thereto is provided. The binder clip includes a mouth, a pair of arms and first and second contact plates. The mouth includes first and second outer edges that are biased toward one another. The pair of arms are pivotally coupled with the mouth and are used to open the mouth. The first and second contact plates may be coupled with first and second outer edges. The mouth biases the first and second plates toward each other to hold the object together. The first and second plates operate to distribute the force imposed by the mouth thereby reducing the amount of damage to the one or more objects.
Claims19
A clip for holding one or more objects together, said clip comprising:
- a mouth;
- means for closing said mouth;
- and
- a first plate coupled with said mouth,
- wherein said mouth is closed to hold onto the one or more objects, and wherein said first plate is positioned between said mouth and the one or more objects to reduce the amount of damage imposed on the one or more objects.
A clip for holding one or more object together, said clip comprising:
- a mouth having first and second outer edges, wherein said first and second outer edges are biased toward one another,
- a pair of arms coupled with said mouth;
- and
- a first contact plate coupled with said first outer edge of said mouth,
- wherein said arms open said mouth to accept the object, wherein said first and second outer edges of said mouth apply a force to hold the one or more objects together, and wherein said first contact plate distributes the force imposed by said first outer edge to reduce the amount of damage to the object.
A clip for holding one or more object together, said clip comprising:
- a mouth;
- means for supplying the necessary force to hold the object within said mouth;
- and
- means for distributing the force applied to the object over a larger surface area to reduce the amount of damage to the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.