Clip device
AssigneeCobbs Manufacturing Company
InventorJerome Hartmann
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Abstract
A clip device for attaching an article and an adjacently positioned object in a predetermined orientation with respect to each other. A clamp which includes a first and second portion, is releasably maintained in a substantially closed orientation by a biased member. The clamp is pivotally mounted about a securement member. The securement member includes two substantially parallel positioned prongs which are insertable into the adjacently positioned object. The prongs each have an insertion tip, for initial insertion into the object, and an angled section located near the back end of the clamp. Extending at one angle between each prong and a region of the securement member about which the clamp is pivotally mounted is an extension section.
Claims17
A clip device comprising:
- clamping means having a first and second portion operatively aligned with each other for clamping an article therebetween,
- each of said first and second portions having an article engagement side, an opposed side opposite said article engagement side, a front end and a back end opposite said front end;
- biasing means attached to said first and second portions of said clamping means for releasably maintaining said article engagement side of each of said first and second portions of said clamping means disposed to a substantially closed orientation;
- one or more gripping means integrally formed with said article engagement side of each of said first and second portions for enhancing clamping of said article between said first and second portions of said clamping means;
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- securing means operatively attached to at least a part of said clamping means for securement to an object adjacent said article,
- said securing means includes two prong members integrally formed with said pivot attachment region,
- said members are in substantially parallel alignment to each other, as well as being positionable in substantially parallel alignment with said opposed side of one of said first and second portions of said clamping means prior to, and after, securement to said object,
- each of said prong members have insertion tips for facilitating initial insertion, and, in turn, securement of said securing means in and to said object,
- said securing means comprise retention means for substantially reducing the inadvertent release from said object said retention means including an acute angle between each of said prong members and said respective extension section proximate said back end of said first and second portions of said clamping means to form a stop on insertion of the prong members and so as to enable at least a part of said object to engage with said acute angle, to in turn, help preclude the inadvertent release of said securing means from said object.
A clip device comprising:
- clamping means having a first and second portion operatively aligned with each other for clamping an article therebetween;
- each of said first and second portions having an article engagement side, an opposed side opposite said article engagement side, a front end and a back end opposite said front end;
- biasing means operatively attached to said clamping means for releasably maintaining said article engagement side of each of said first and second portions of said clamping means disposed to a substantially closed orientation;
- one or more gripping means integrally formed with said article engagement side of each of said first and second portions for enhancing clamping of said article between said first and second portions of said clamping means;
- object retention means comprising securing means operatively attached to at least a part of said clamping means for securement to an object adjacent said article;
- said securing means including a pivot attachment region, two prong members integrally formed with, and distally spaced apart from, said pivot attachment regions by respective integrally formed extension sections;
- said prong members being in substantially parallel alignment with each other as well as being positionable in substantially parallel alignment with said opposed side of one of said first and second portions of said clamping means;
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- each of said integrally formed extension sections being at an, acute angle to both the pivot attachment region and the respective prong member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.