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US 2007/0180664 A1Published application
Array of clips and a method of installation of said clips
OwnerRonald Perryinventor
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Abstract
An array of clips (10) comprising: a first clip (20) and a second clip (20); and a connection element (90) extending between the first clip (20) and the second clip (20); each clip (20) having: a channel (50) for location of a elongate member (11), and an abutment fulcrum portion (70) formed on said clip (20); wherein rotation of the first clip (20) with respect to the second clip (20) causes the abutment fulcrum portion (70) of the first clip (20) to abut against the second clip (20) to break said connection element (90).
Claims16
An array of clips comprising:
- a first clip and a second clip;
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- a connection element extending between the first clip and the second clip;
- each clip having:
- a channel for location of a elongate member, and
- an abutment fulcrum portion formed on said clip;
- wherein rotation of the first clip with respect to the second clip causes the abutment fulcrum portion of the first clip to abut against the second clip to break said connection element.
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A method of installation of an array of clips, the method including the steps of:
- placing a elongate member within a channel of a first clip;
- fixing the first clip to a surface to retain the elongate member in a desired position on said surface;
- rotating a second clip with respect to the first clip to cause the abutment fulcrum portion, located on either of said first clip or said second clip, to abut against the other of said first clip or said second clip to break a connection element connecting said first clip and said second clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.