Plastic clip
OwnerLloyd L. Lawrenceinventor
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Abstract
A plastic clip of unitary, one piece construction, and a method for making the same is disclosed. The clip includes a first leg of a first thickness, a second leg of a second thickness, and a bridging section joining the first leg and the second leg, the bridging section being of a dimension that upon cooling or curing of the plastic material, the bridging section biases the first leg against the second leg.
Claims14
A plastic clip of unitary, one piece construction, the clip comprising:
- a first leg of a first thickness, the first leg having an internal surface;
- a second leg of a second thickness, the second leg having an internal surface;
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- a bridging section joining the first leg and the second leg, the bridging section having an internal portion and an external portion, the internal portion of the bridging section being between and facing the internal surface of the first leg and the internal surface of the second leg, the internal portion of the bridging section having an internal stress produced by cooling of the of the internal surface at a greater rate than the external surface, and so that the bridging section biases the first leg against the second leg.
A plastic clip having a first leg of a first thickness, the first leg having an internal surface, a second leg of a second thickness, the second leg having an internal surface and a bridging section joining the first leg and the second leg, the clip being of unitary, one piece construction, the bridging section having an internal portion and an external portion, the internal portion of the bridging section being between and facing the internal surface of the first leg and the internal surface of the second leg, the internal portion of the bridging section having an internal stress that urges the internal surface of the first leg towards the internal surface of the first leg, the internal stress resulting from a thermal shrinkage of the of the internal surface relative to the external surface, and so that the bridging section the first leg and the second leg being permanently urged against one another by the bridging section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.