Display and retaining clip
AssigneeCambridge Silversmiths Ltd., Inc.
InventorTHOMAS P. McQUEENY
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Abstract
A display and mounting clip, particularly adapted to mount flatware to a display board, has a shank supporting a closed loop through which the displayed item is inserted. Opposed support arms, coupled to the shank, support the item within the loop. The shank is adapted to extend through the mounting board. Flexible locking means extend from the shank and can be placed into a splayed orientation below the mounting board to retain the clip in position.
Claims9
A mounting clip for supporting an object for display with respect to a mounting board, comprising a shank, a substantially closed loop forming an enclosed aperture through which the object for display by the clip is passed supported by the shank;
- a pair of opposed support arms coupled to the shank at first ends thereof and extending upwardly within the enclosed aperture;
- a pair of opposed flexible locking wings coupled to the shank;
- and locking means for retaining the locking wings in a splayed orientation for retaining the clip in engagement with the mounting surface.
A mounting apparatus comprising a plate-like backer surface having an aperture therethrough and a clip mountable on the backer surface, the clip comprising a substantially closed band forming an enclosed aperture through which an item to be supported by the clip extends;
- a shank coupled to the closed band dimensioned to extend through the backer surface aperture and extending upwardly into the enclosed aperture formed by the band to form a pedestal for the item to be supported;
- and a pair of opposed spreadable locking wings coupled to the shank proximate a lower end thereof to engage a bottom surface of the board to retain the clip in connection with the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.