Clip
AssigneeTenacious Holdings, Inc.
InventorThomas F. Votel
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Abstract
A clip having structure for detachably interlocking with another clip having substantially equivalent structure. The clip of this invention can be used to secure items, such as gloves, to garments being worn by a user. The instant clips may be made from a resilient material and include a base structure defining an aperture and a gap, which enable the detachable interlinking. One of the clips includes generally opposed arms in mechanical communication with jaw members biased in a contacting relation. The jaw members are forced apart by the user applying opposing forces to each of the arms. The jaw members operably grasp the article when the arms are released.
Claims7
A clip, comprising:
- a base defining an aperture, the base radially interrupted by a gap opening into the aperture and includes a rim and a web bounded by the rim, the web and rim defining the aperture, the rim defining the gap;
- a first arm extending from the base and including a jaw portion having a tip with a slot and a projection;
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- a second arm extending from the base opposite the first arm and including a jaw portion having a tip with a slot and a projection,
- the first and second arms resiliently biased such that the jaw portion of the first arm is in a contacting relation with the jaw portion of the second arm,
- the slot and projection of the first arm respectively accommodating the projection and the slot of the second arm when the clip is in a closed position.
A clip, in combination with a reel assembly, comprising:
- a base defining an aperture, the base radially interrupted by a gap opening into the aperture;
- a first arm extending from the base and including a jaw portion having a tip with a slot and a projection;
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- a second arm extending from the base opposite the first arm and including a jaw portion having a tip with a slot and a projection,
- the first and second arms resiliently biased such that the jaw portion of the first arm is in a contacting relation with the jaw portion of the second arm,
- the slot and projection of the first arm respectively accommodating the projection and the slot of the second arm when the clip is in a closed position;
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- the reel assembly reversibly attached to said clip and means for detachably interlinking the clip, said interlinking means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.