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US 5,500,987 AGranted
Pin clip
AssigneeFloTool International, Inc.
InventorHoward J. Rosen
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Abstract
A pin clip for holding paper items and the like has a back member and a tongue which resiliently engages the back member. The back member typically has an outwardly extending finger. The Tongue is coupled to the back member by a spring means. A pin extends out of the back member for attaching the pin clip to bulletin boards or the like.
Claims19
A pin clip, comprising:
- a tongue member having an opening therethrough;
- a back member having a finger, a front member located adjacent the back member with the finger inserted through the opening of said tongue member and resiliently holding the tongue member against the back member, and
- cooperative pivoting and locking means on the tongue and back members to hold the members in relative pivotal position.
A pin clip, comprising:
- a back member with an overhanging finger;
- a tongue member having a top portion and a bottom portion and a hole therethrough, the tongue member adjacently located over the back member being resiliently held under the overhanging finger which extends through the hole and onto the tongue member, and
- a pivoting arrangement disposed between the back and tongue members such that pressure on the top portion of the tongue pivots the bottom portion of the tongue away from the back member.
A pin clip for holding articles which may be retained or removed from the pin clip by ones fingers, comprising:
- a back member with top and bottom edges and an overhanging finger with a downwardly bent finger digit;
- a tongue member with top and bottom edges and having a hole therethrough, the finger digit being inserted through the hole resiliently engaging the tongue member such that the tongue member seats adjacent the back member with the top and bottom edges essentially coextensive, and
- ridge and channel means disposed on the tongue and back members to hold the tongue and back members in relative position while providing a pivot point such that finger pressure at the top edge of the tongue pivots the bottom edge of the tongue away from the back member bottom edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.