US3348271A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-03-03
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Granted: 1967-10-24
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Expires: 1986-03-03
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Ruth S Miller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 10:40
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42F; B42F1/00; B42F1/02; B42F1/04; B42F1/08; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/20; Y10T24/202; Y10T24/205; Y10T24/206; Y10T24/44; Y10T24/44641; Y10T24/44769; Y10T24/44778; Y10T24/44786
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
A PAPER-CLIP FORMED FROM A SINGLE LENGTH OF WIRE BENT TO FORM A T SHAPED FASTENER HAVING A FIRST ELONGATED FLATTENED OPEN LOOP AND A SECOND ELONGATED FLAT TENED OPEN LOOP EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID FIRST LOOP; SAID FIRST LOOP CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF U SHAPED PORTIONS, THE FIRST OF SAID U SHAPED PORTIONS COMPRISING TWO VERTICALLY EXTENDING STRAIGHT LEGS, NAMELY, A FIRST STRAIGHT LEG HAVING A FREE, UNCONNECTED UPPER END AND A SECOND STRAIGHT LEG PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST STRAIGHT LEG, AND A CURVED PORTION CONNECTING THE LOWERMOST EXTREMITIES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRAIGHT LEG; THE SECOND OF SAID U SHAPED PORTION COMPRISING A THIRD STRAGHT LEG HAVING ONE FREE END AND DISPOSED ALONG THE INNER SIDE OF SAID SECOND STRAIGHT LEG, A CURVED EXTENSION OF SAID THIRD STRAIGHT LEG DISPOSED ALONG THE SAID CURVED PORTION AND A FOURTH STRAIGHT LEG DISPOSED ALONG THE INNER SIDE OF SAID SECOND STRAIGHT LEG, SO THAT THE SMALLER SECOND U SHAPED PORTION IS NESTED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LARGER FIRST U SHAPED PORTION; SAID SECOND LOOP CONSISTING OF AN UPPERMOST HORIZONTAL BAR EXTENDING ACROSS AND CONSTITUTING THE UPPER FLATTENED SIDE OF SAID LOOP, A CURVED PORTION OF SAID WIRE EXTENDING IN THE FORM OF A SEMICIRCLE JOINING EACH OF THE TWO ENDS OF SAID UPPERMOST HORIZONTAL BAR TO A SHORTER LOWERMOST HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT PIECE OF SAID WIRE, THE FIRST OF SAID SHORTER HORIZONTAL PIECES OF WIRE BEING CONNECTED TO SAID FOURTH STRAIGHT LEG AND THE OTHER OF SAID SHORTER HORIZONTAL BARS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND STRAIGHT LEG.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
261 words
A PAPER-CLIP FORMED FROM A SINGLE LENGTH OF WIRE BENT TO FORM A T SHAPED FASTENER HAVING A FIRST ELONGATED FLATTENED OPEN LOOP AND A SECOND ELONGATED FLAT TENED OPEN LOOP EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID FIRST LOOP; SAID FIRST LOOP CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF U SHAPED PORTIONS, THE FIRST OF SAID U SHAPED PORTIONS COMPRISING TWO VERTICALLY EXTENDING STRAIGHT LEGS, NAMELY, A FIRST STRAIGHT LEG HAVING A FREE, UNCONNECTED UPPER END AND A SECOND STRAIGHT LEG PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST STRAIGHT LEG, AND A CURVED PORTION CONNECTING THE LOWERMOST EXTREMITIES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRAIGHT LEG; THE SECOND OF SAID U SHAPED PORTION COMPRISING A THIRD STRAGHT LEG HAVING ONE FREE END AND DISPOSED ALONG THE INNER SIDE OF SAID SECOND STRAIGHT LEG, A CURVED EXTENSION OF SAID THIRD STRAIGHT LEG DISPOSED ALONG THE SAID CURVED PORTION AND A FOURTH STRAIGHT LEG DISPOSED ALONG THE INNER SIDE OF SAID SECOND STRAIGHT LEG, SO THAT THE SMALLER SECOND U SHAPED PORTION IS NESTED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LARGER FIRST U SHAPED PORTION; SAID SECOND LOOP CONSISTING OF AN UPPERMOST HORIZONTAL BAR EXTENDING ACROSS AND CONSTITUTING THE UPPER FLATTENED SIDE OF SAID LOOP, A CURVED PORTION OF SAID WIRE EXTENDING IN THE FORM OF A SEMICIRCLE JOINING EACH OF THE TWO ENDS OF SAID UPPERMOST HORIZONTAL BAR TO A SHORTER LOWERMOST HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT PIECE OF SAID WIRE, THE FIRST OF SAID SHORTER HORIZONTAL PIECES OF WIRE BEING CONNECTED TO SAID FOURTH STRAIGHT LEG AND THE OTHER OF SAID SHORTER HORIZONTAL BARS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND STRAIGHT LEG.
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