Money clip

A money clip comprising:

• a continuous ribbon of a resilient material having a base portion, lever portion, spring portion, and a lip;
• the ribbon having first and second ends folded together to be positioned proximate one another, and having a length and width selected to provide a bearing width sufficient to secure an object;
• the lip formed proximate the first end;
• the lever portion being positioned proximate the lip and having a knee yielded to provide a substantial residual force therein;
• the spring portion formed between the first and second ends and bent in a direction opposite that of the lip with respect to a first surface of the ribbon, the spring portion being yielded into an arcuate form extending between the lever portion and and the base portion to grip the object therebetween.

A clip formed from an elongate member having a first aspect ratio of length to width of from about 1 to 1 to about 8 to 1, and second aspect ratio of width to thickness of from about 25 to one to about 100 to one, the elongate member being folded into a clip comprising:

• a base portion extending substantially flat away from a second end;
• a lever portion extending substantially flat away from the first end, the first and second ends being positioned proximate one another;
• a spring portion, curved and resiliently bendable to urge the first and second ends together at a force selected to secure an object therebetween, the spring portion being yielded into an arcuate form extending between the lever portion and and the base portion to grip the object;
• a lip formed proximate the first end of the elongate member to extend from the lever to contact the base portion, the lip curving away from a contact line therebetween to contact the lever and to terminate in the first end, each spaced from the contact line, leaving a tongue portion of the base, extending beyond the lip;
• the knee yielded into the elongate member to extend curvately between the lever and the spring to provide a residual pre-stress between the lip and the tongue portion, the knee curving in a direction opposite to a curvature of the spring.