Self-closing positive engagement clip

A self-closing positive engagement clip member, comprising:

• a body having rigid, opposed first and second walls;
• a clamp member integrally connected to the first wall by a living hinge allowing the clamp member to rotate from an open position into a cavity created between the first and second walls upon direct contact by a tube member thereby defining a self-closed and locked position of the clamp member acting to retain the tube member;
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• multiple anti-slide features, including:
• a first tab extending from a first end of the second wall portion;
• a second tab oppositely positioned on the second wall with respect to the first tab, the first and second tabs defining opposed end extents of the cavity, the second tab further extending from a shelf providing a connection between the second wall and an angled intermediate wall, the cavity extending laterally at least between the intermediate wall and the first wall;
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• a third tab extending between and integrally connected to both the intermediate wall and the first wall, the third tab also extending parallel with the second tab and positioned at a bottom of the cavity;
• the first, second and third tabs defining an anti-slide system acting to prevent the clamp member from moving in a direction co-axial to the cavity when the clamp member is in the locked position.

A self-closing positive engagement clip member, comprising:

• a body having opposed first and second walls separated by a cavity between the first and second walls;
• a curve-shaped clamp member integrally connected to the first wall by a living hinge, the living hinge allowing contact between a tube member and the clamp member to rotate the clamp member from an open position into the cavity thereby defining a self-closed and locked position of the clamp member having the tube member retained by the clamp member;
• cooperating self-locking features associated with upper portions of the first wall and the curved-shaped clamp member, respectively, wherein the cooperating self-locking features engage each other to couple the upper portions of the first wall and the curved-shaped clamp member together in the self-closed and locked position of the clamp member;
• an inner end of the clamp member having a distal end portion extending beyond a vertical plane passing through a center of the cavity when the clamp member is in the self-closed and locked position, wherein the center of the cavity extends through a center of the tube member when the tube member is retained by the curve-shaped clamp member in the self-closed and locked position;
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• an angled intermediate wall surface extending downwardly from an upper portion of the angled intermediate wall surface that is adjacent the second wall and toward a lower central portion of the cavity;
• wherein the angled intermediate wall and the extending distal end of the clamp member are positioned to engage the tube during insertion and cause a force directed through the tube to both rotate the clamp member and interlock the cooperating self-locking features.