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US 5,312,029 AGranted
Article case and securing clip
AssigneeRichard D. Tschudy
InventorHoward J. Tuber
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Abstract
A unique article case and clip cooperatively associated therewith wherein the clip is preferably integrally formed with the case or comparable base member, and includes confronting major and minor tongues whereby the clip may be associated as desired with varying supports. The clip may also be employed apart from a case or carrier in a wide variety of environments.
Claims16
An article carrier and clip comprising,
- an enclosing case for articles,
- said case including a wall having flexible clip means thereon,
- said clip means including a major tongue extending at one end from said base in substantially parallel relation to and spaced from the wall and terminating in a free end extending in one direction, and a minor tongue extending at one end from said base in substantially parallel relation to and spaced from the wall and terminating in a free end extending in the opposite direction from said major tongue one end,
- said tongues being disposed in substantially coplanar and laterally adjacent relation with said free ends of said tongues extending past each other in said one and opposite directions,
- thereby to define an open-ended zone between said tongues and said wall within which an elongated member may be slipped by flexing said major tongue away from said minor tongue whereby a said elongated member is confined and restrained within said zone between said tongues on one side and said wall on the other side.
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A clip assembly for mounting on a support comprising:
- a base,
- a flexible major tongue extending at one end from said base in substantially parallel relation to and spaced from said base and terminating in a free end extending in one direction, and a minor tongue extending at one end from said base in substantially parallels relation to and spaced from said base and terminating in a free end extending in the opposite direction from said major tongue one end,
- said tongues being disposed in substantially coplanar and laterally adjacent relation with said free ends of said tongues extending past each other in said one and opposite directions,
- thereby to define an open-ended zone between said tongues and said wall within which an elongated member may be slipped by flexing said major tongue away from said minor tongue whereby a said elongated member is confined and restrained within said zone between said tongues on one side and said wall on the other side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.