US3204313A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-01-17
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Granted: 1965-09-07
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Expires: 1983-01-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 See Jacques Leon Alexandre
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:29
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06F; D06F55/00; B; B42; B42F; B42F1/00; B42F1/02; B42F1/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/44; Y10T24/44641; Y10T24/44769; Y10T24/44872; Y10T24/44906; Y10T24/44915
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A CLIP DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY USHAPED MEMBERS EACH OF A MATERIAL HAVING SUBSTANTIAL RESILIENCY AND BEING DIMENSIONED TO NEST WITHIN EACH OTHER, INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS ON SAID MEMBERS FOR HOLDING THE LATTER IN NESTED RELATIONSHIP, SAID U-SHAPED MEMBERS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF LEGS CONNECTED AT ONE END AND WHICH, WHEN SAID MEMBERS ARE IN SAID NESTED RELATIONSHIP FROM A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY PARALLEL, CLOSELY-SPACED STRIP-LIKE LIMBS RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER AT THEIR ONE ENDS WHILE BEING FREE OF ONE ANOTHER AT THEIR OTHER ENDS WHEREBY INSERTION OF AN ARTICLE TO BE CLASPED BETWEEN THE LEGS OF THE INNERMOST MEMBER WILL FORCE RESILIENTLY APART THE LEGS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF SAID MEMBERS DEPENDING ON THE THICKNESS OF SAID ARTICLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A CLIP DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY USHAPED MEMBERS EACH OF A MATERIAL HAVING SUBSTANTIAL RESILIENCY AND BEING DIMENSIONED TO NEST WITHIN EACH OTHER, INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS ON SAID MEMBERS FOR HOLDING THE LATTER IN NESTED RELATIONSHIP, SAID U-SHAPED MEMBERS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF LEGS CONNECTED AT ONE END AND WHICH, WHEN SAID MEMBERS ARE IN SAID NESTED RELATIONSHIP FROM A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY PARALLEL, CLOSELY-SPACED STRIP-LIKE LIMBS RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER AT THEIR ONE ENDS WHILE BEING FREE OF ONE ANOTHER AT THEIR OTHER ENDS WHEREBY INSERTION OF AN ARTICLE TO BE CLASPED BETWEEN THE LEGS OF THE INNERMOST MEMBER WILL FORCE RESILIENTLY APART THE LEGS OF A VARYING NUMBER OF SAID MEMBERS DEPENDING ON THE THICKNESS OF SAID ARTICLE.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1968-09-06 | 1969-03-08 | 1969-09-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-09-06 | 1973-03-08 | 1973-09-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-09-06 | 1977-03-08 | 1977-09-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |