Display and retaining clip
AssigneeCambridge Silversmiths Ltd., Inc.
InventorThomas P. McQueeny
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Abstract
A display and mounting clip, particularly adapted to mount flatware to a display board, has a shank supporting a closed loop through which the displayed item is inserted. Opposed support arms, coupled to the shank, support the item within the loop. The shank is adapted to extend through the mounting board. Flexible locking means extend from the shank and can be placed into a splayed orientation below the mounting board to retain the clip in position.
Claims8
A mounting clip for supporting an object for display with respect to a mounting board, comprising a shank, a substantially closed loop forming an enclosed aperture through which the object for display by the clip is passed supported by the shank, the enclosed aperture dimensioned to fully surround, enclose and retain a portion of the object;
- a pair of opposed support arms coupled to the shank at first ends thereof and extending upwardly within the enclosed aperture to engage the portion of the object within the enclosed aperture and bias the portion against an inner surface of the closed loop to retain and restrain the object;
- a pair of opposed flexible locking wings coupled to the shank;
- and locking means for retaining the locking wings in a splayed orientation for retaining the clip in engagement with the mounting board, the closed loop and flexible locking wings being positioned with respect to the shank such that they are positioned at opposed sides of the mounting board when the mounting clip is installed thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.