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US 9,664,217 B2Granted
Foldable clip
AssigneeSukup Manufacturing Company
InventorsJeremy Ryan Woodland, James Richard Shipley
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Abstract
A clip for attaching sheeting and trim to a grain bin includes a plate having a strip that is foldable over the plate along a fold line. A pair of slots are positioned at opposite ends between the plate and the strip and extend inwardly from the ends. The strip has four corners that alternate from a 90° corner to a rounded corner.
Claims6
A clip, comprising:
- a plate having a first end, a second end, and a side edge;
- a strip foldably attached to the plate along a fold line and having two rounded corners;
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- a pair of slots defining the center of the fold line, configured to receive an eave, further comprising a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion;
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- wherein a second slot of the pair of slots has a second arcuate section that forms a second rounded corner of the strip and extends from the arcuate portion of the second slot and terminates at a third corner of the strip.
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A clip, comprising:
- a plate having a first end, a second end, and a side edge;
- a strip foldably attached to the plate along a fold line;
- a first slot and a second slot in aligned spaced relation along the fold line and extending inwardly from the first end and the second end wherein the first and the second slots each have a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion and the first slot has a second linear portion that extends from the arcuate portion of the first slot to a first corner of the foldable strip;
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- the strip has a first arcuate portion that extends away from one of the first and second slots to form a rounded corner of the strip and a second arcuate portion extends away from the other of the first and second slots to form another rounded corner of the strip.
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A clip, comprising:
- a plate having a first end, a second end, and a side edge;
- a strip foldably attached to the plate along a fold line having two rounded corners;
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- a first and a second slot in aligned spaced relation along the fold line and extending inwardly from the first end and the second end;
- wherein the first and the second slots are configured to receive an eave, the first and second slots each have a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion, and the second slot has a second arcuate section that forms a second rounded corner of the strip and extends from the arcuate portion of the second slot and terminates at a third corner of the strip.
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