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US 5,179,765 AGranted
Plastic paper clip
OwnerCarl B. Sungberginventor
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Abstract
In a preferred embodiment a plastic paper clip having a generally flat, horizontal, relatively rigid, base gripping member having an opening defined therein and a generally flat, generally horizontal, relatively rigid, upper gripping member fitable within said opening, the proximal end of said upper gripping member being attached to said lower gripping member by a vertical joining member such that said proximal end of said upper gripping member and said lower gripping member are spaced apart at the throat formed therebetween.
Claims5
A plastic paper clip, comprising:
- (a) a generally flat, horizontal, relatively rigid, base gripping member, having a tapered planar paper engaging upper surface and a flat lower surface, and having an opening defined therein;
- (b) a generally flat, generally horizontal, relatively rigid, upper gripping member fitable within said opening and having upper and lower surfaces, the proximal end of said upper gripping member being attached to said lower gripped member by a vertical joining member such that said proximal end of said upper gripping member and said lower gripping member are spaced apart at a C-shaped throat formed therebetween;
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- (c) the distal end of said upper gripping member being inclined into said base gripping member such that said lower surface of said upper gripping member at the distal end thereof lies substantially in the plane of said lower surface of said base member when said paper clip is not in use.
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