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US 2021/0354497 A1Published application
Office clip
OwnerMasaaki AOTOinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides an office clip having a high designability while having a sufficient gripping force. It is an office clip for pinching and binding paper, wherein a ring portion of elastic wire is spirally wound closely or at a predetermined pitch, with at least one end wire of the ring portion being extended inward with respect to the center of the spiral axis, and the end wire being bent toward the direction of the other end of the ring portion, heightening the clamping force and enhancing the designability by one motif created by the end wire.
Claims13
An office clip for pinching paper, the office clip comprising:
- a wire having a ring portion and two end portions;
- the ring portion configured in a spiral, the spiral having a center;
- at least part of at least one of the end portions being directed inwardly toward the center of the spiral;
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- a sandwiching portion configured to exert a pinching force;
- the office clip further characterized in that the end portions contribute to a motif having a design-enhancing shape of the office clip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.