US 7,607,203 B2Granted

Clip ornament for a barrel, clip with an ornament and method for attaching an ornament to a clip

AssigneeKotobuki & Co., Ltd.

InventorsHidehei Kageyama, Sachio Arai

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Abstract

A problem of damage, breakage or dirtying of parts, resulting from attachment of the parts is solved by eliminating press-fitting and bonding for attachment of a clip ornament to a clip piece. A clip ornament includes an ornament main body to be inserted into an attachment hole of a clip piece and grip portions provided at upper and lower portions of the ornament main body so as to grip the clip piece. An attachment jig is moved along the lower surface of the clip piece, the leading end of the attachment jig is inserted between the upper and lower grip portions, a gap between the upper and lower grip portions is widened while the clip ornament is moved for attachment, and the lip of the attachment hole of the clip piece is inserted between the upper and lower grip portions.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A clip ornament for a barrel of a writing instrument, comprising:

an ornament main body to be inserted into an attachment hole of a clip piece, the attachment hole being an elongate hole having a semicircle at each end thereof,
wherein the ornament main body is provided with an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion of the ornament main body is provided with a lower surface, the ornament main body is provided with a press-protrusion at the lower surface of the ornament main body, the upper portion of the ornament main body is projectingly provided with first grip portions at only longitudinally opposite circumferential ends of the upper portion, the lower portion of the ornament main body is projectingly provided with second grip portions at longitudinally opposite circumferential ends of the lower portion and with third grip portions at traversal opposite circumferential ends of the lower portion in such a manner that the third grip portions are separated from the second grip portions, the first grip portions and the second grip portions having semicircular shapes, and the first grip portions, the second grip portions, and the third grip portions grip the clip piece.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.