Interlock-able closure clips
OwnerJoshua D. Vantreaseinventor
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Abstract
A multi-closure strip of clips with one or more openings to hold the neck of a bag, which include a male and a female interlocking portion to hold the clips together in a series. Each clip includes a female pocket at a first edge, and a male tab at a second edge. Neighboring clips can interlock or mate-ably attach to the respective pockets and tabs without the need for adhesive, and without fracture of the clip material. Instead of a neighboring clip, a tag or label with a mating pocket or tab can be mate-ably attached to the clip. The clips can be made of a resilient plastic or biodegradable material, or any recyclable products.
Claims20
A clip of a flat material usable to close a neck of a bag, the clip comprising:
- a planar clip surface surrounding an aperture having a mouth, the mouth located on a side edge of the clip, and the mouth for receiving the neck of the bag into the aperture;
- the clip including a first end edge, opposite from a second end edge, with the side edge of the clip located between the first end edge and the second end edge;
- the first edge end of the clip including a singular pocket, and the second end edge of the clip including a singular tab;
- a first neighboring singular tab interlock-ably receivable into the singular pocket, the first neighboring singular tab separable from the singular pocket without fracture of the flat material;
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- the singular tab interlock-ably receivable into a second neighboring singular pocket, the singular tab separable from the second neighboring singular pocket without fracture of the flat material.
A strip of closure clips including a multiple of adjoined clips, with each clip of the strip of closure clips usable to close a neck of a bag, the strip of closure clips comprising:
- a flat material including a planar clip surface, the flat material surrounds an aperture in each clip of the strip of closure clips, the aperture having a mouth, the mouth located on a side edge of the strip of closure clips, and the mouth for receiving the neck of the bag into the aperture;
- each clip of the strip of closure clips including a first end edge of the planar clip surface, opposite from a second end edge of the planar clip surface, with the side edge of each clip of the strip of closure clips located between the first end edge and the second end edge;
- the first edge end of each clip of the strip of closure clips including a singular pocket, and the second end edge of each clip of the strip of closure clips including a singular tab;
- a first neighboring singular tab of a first neighboring clip interlocked into the singular pocket, the first neighboring clip not materially inter-connected to any clip of the strip of closure clips, and the first neighboring singular tab separable from the singular pocket without fracture of the flat material;
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- the singular tab interlocked into a second neighboring singular pocket of a second neighboring clip, the second neighboring clip not materially inter-connected to any clip of the strip of closure clips, and the singular tab separable from the second neighboring singular pocket without fracture of the flat material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.