Clip attachment tape
OwnerRobert J. Westinventor
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Abstract
An improved tape to hold series of clips together, such tape having a series of perforations between adjacent clips wherein perforations defined on the side of the allow sections of the tape to adhere to the contours of the body of the clip and a central perforation defined in the tape within the outer side perforations forms a pair of narrow bridges of tape between each clip holding the clips together ready for the cutting or separation of such tape when such clip is installed.
Claims1
In combination, a row of clips arrayed adjacent to one another in a series for application by a tool, each clip having a crown and body portion and an adhering tape extending lengthwise to said row of clips, said tape applied on the crown portions of said clips, said tape having a plurality of rows of perforations defined therein extending perpendicularly to the length of said tape, each row of perforations positioned in the area between adjacent clips;
- each row of perforations including first and second side slits defined at each side of said tape forming loose ends of said tape between adjacent rows of said slits which tape's loose ends adhere to the body of said clip thereunder;
- and a central slit defined in said tape in line with said first and second side slits, leaving narrow bridges of unperforated tape therebetween holding each clip to the adjacent clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.