Plastic clip

Claim 1

A plastic clip comprising first and second clip members, each of the clip members having a clipping end and a second end, the first clip member having a pair of laterally outwardly extending journals formed integrally therewith intermediate the ends thereof, the second clip member having a pair of laterally spaced bearing portions formed integrally therewith intermediate the ends thereof, each of the bearing portions having an opening for rotatably receiving one of the journals, each journal being rotatably received by one of the bearing portions whereby the first and second clip members are pivotally secured to each other, spring means between the clip members for resiliently urging the clipping end portions thereof apart, and a generally L-shaped closing member movably mounted adjacent the second end of one of the clip members, the closing member being provided with a central opening and having a tail portion and a clipengaging portion extending generally perpendicularly to the tail portion, the clip member being movable between a first position in which the clip-engaging portion thereof engages each of the clip members adjacent the second end thereof to hold the second ends of the clip members apart and the clipping ends together against the force of the spring and a second position in which the second end of said one clip member extends through the central opening in the clip member whereby the closing member permits the second ends of the clip members to move toward each other to separate the clipping ends.