Clip assemblies for keeping towels, sheets and the like in place

A clip assembly for attaching a towel or sheet material or the like to an item which supports or is covered at least in part by the towel or sheet material, said clip assembly comprising:

• a spring biased clip having:
• a first clip section and a second clip section each having first and second ends, said first and second clip sections being connected together for pivotal movements relative to each other about a pivot axis;
• a toothed gripping end formed on said first end of each of said clip sections with said toothed gripping ends being positioned relative to each other to be selectively spaced apart and selectively engaged with the towel or sheet material, said toothed gripping ends each having a series of matable teeth formed thereon;
• a handle formed on said second end of each of said clip sections;
• and spring means acting on said first and second clip sections to continually exert a spring biasing force urging said first and second clip sections in first opposed pivotal directions to move said handles apart and said toothed gripping ends toward each other;
• said spring means being overcome by squeezing said handles toward each other and thus pivotally moving said first and second clip sections relative to each other in second opposed directions which are opposite to said first opposed directions of pivotal movements wherein said toothed gripping ends are moved apart to selectively insert a part of any towel or sheet material to be gripped thereby or to release any towel or sheet material gripped therewith;
• said spring means acting upon release of said handles to pivotally move said first and second clip sections in said first opposed directions to move said handles arcuately apart and said toothed gripping end toward each other;
• said first and second clip sections and said spring means being a single spring wire coiled to provide said spring means and bent to define said handles and said toothed gripping ends, said spring means also being the connection between said first and section clip sections;
• and means for attaching said spring biased clip to the item to be covered by or to support the towel or sheet material.