Rod clip

A clip for holding two cylindrical members in spaced juxtaposition, both of said cylindrical members having approximately equal diameters, said clip comprising:

• an integral, one-piece body;
• said body comprises:
• a pair of arms joined at one end and open at another, said arms defining an internal chamber and a single opening leading into said internal chamber,
• each of said arms having a top surface and a bottom surface, the tops of said arms being coplanar and the bottoms of said arms being coplanar, said internal chamber extending from said tops to said bottoms, and
• each of said arms having a thickness which varies along its length from a minimum at the open ends of said pair of arms to a substantially constant thickness beyond the intersection of said single opening and said internal chamber;
• and
• the cross-section of said body being approximately heart-shaped with said opening being located at the externally directed apex of said heart, such that said internal chamber comprises a central chamber and a pair of arcuate recesses,
• each of said arcuate recesses being partially bounded by internal walls of said internal chamber, and said pair of arcuate recesses having a radius of curvature such that twice said radius of curvature is slightly less than said diameter of said cylindrical members;
• and
• said single opening having a width substantially smaller than said diameter of said cylindrical members.