Plastic clip construction

A two-part clip construction comprising, in combination:

• a U-shaped first clip member having first and second spaced legs and a connecting crown, each of said legs having a leg end, said leg ends spaced a first distance, said first clip member being formed from a polymeric plastically deformable material, whereby the first clip member may be strained to form a generally closed loop shape having the legs arranged in overlapping, side by side array;
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• a separate leg locking member for engaging and retaining the legs in overlapping side by side array, said locking member comprising a block with a through passage, said block having first and second generally parallel opposite sides with the through passage extending between the sides, said sides spaced a second distance no greater than the first distance, said through passage having a cross sectional configuration to accommodate and retain the legs in side by side strained array, said locking member further including an arcuate innerfacing surface intermediate the opposite sides, said innerfacing surface opposed to the crown of the first clip member when the clip member and locking member are joined.

A two-part clip construction comprising, in combination:

• a U-shaped first clip member having first and second spaced legs and a connecting crown, said crown including an outside face with a nesting tab, each of said legs having a leg end, said leg ends spaced a first distance, said first clip member being formed from a polymeric plastically deformable material, whereby the first clip member may be strained to form a generally closed loop shape having the legs arranged in overlapping, side by side array;
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• a separate leg locking member for engaging and retaining the legs in overlapping side by side array, said locking member comprising a block with a through passage, said block having first and second generally parallel opposite sides with the through passage extending between the sides, said sides spaced a second distance no greater than the first distance, said through passage having a cross sectional configuration to accommodate and retain the legs in side by side strained array.

The clip construction of chum 34 wherein the legs are strained to an overlapping and contacting condition.

A two-part clip construction comprising, in combination:

• a U-shaped first clip member having first and second spaced legs and a connecting crown, each of said legs having a leg end, said leg ends spaced a first distance, said first clip member being formed in said U-shape from a polymeric, plastically deformable material, whereby the first clip member may be strained from said U-shape to form a generally closed loop shape having the legs arranged in overlapping, side by side array;
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• a separate leg locking member for engaging and retaining the legs in overlapping, side by side array, said locking member comprising a block with a through passage, said block having first and second opposite sides with the through passage extending between the opposite sides, said opposite sides spaced a second distance no greater than the first distance, said through passage having a cross sectional configuration to accommodate and retain the legs in side by side strained array when said first and second legs are strained to engage the through passage respectively from the first and second sides of the block.