Bar clip

Claim 1

A SPRING WIRE LIP FOR TEMPORARILY SECURING TWO BARS TOGETHER AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAID BARS, THE SECOND THE SAID BARS OVERLYING THE FIRST OF SAID BARS, COMPRISING: A GENERALLY U-SHAPED NOSE FORMED AT THE FRONT OF SAID CLIP; A REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FINGER THAT EXTENDS AWAY FROM THE UPPER END OF ONE SIDE OF SAID NOSE GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID NOSE, THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FINGER BEING CURVED; A REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING LEG THE EXTENDS AWAY FROM THE UPPER END OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID NOISE AT A GREATER ANGLE THAN THAT OF SAID FINGER; A GENERALLY LATERALLY EXTENDING RETAINER FORMED AT THE REAR OF SAID LEG, SAID RETAINER EXTENDING ACROSS THE SPACE BEHIND SAID NOSE, WITH LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS ON SAID FIRST BAR BEING RECEIVED WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID NOSE AND BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID RETAINER, WHILE LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS ON SAID SECOND BAR ARE RECEIVED BETWEEN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FINGER AND THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID LEG JUST REARWARDLY OF SAID NOSE; AND THE DIMENSIONS OF SAID CLIP BEING SO CHOSEN THAT IT IS TEMPORARILY FLEXED OUT OF ITS NORMAL CONFIGURATION WHEN IT IS APPLIED TO SAID INTERSECTING BARS TO THEREBY RETAIN SAID BARS AGAINST RELATIVE MOVEMENT, THE END OF SAID LEG BEING FORMED WITH A CLOSED LOOP PORTION WHICH TERMINATES IN AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING HOOD THAT IS NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID LOOPED PORTION AND IS DIMENSIONED SO THAT THE LOOPED PORTION SERVES AS A SUPPORT FOR SAID FIRST BAR AND THE HOOK SERVES AS A STOP TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAIS FIRST BAR RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND BAR.