Forceps made in one piece

Claim 1

Forceps of one piece of material preferably a plastic material, comprising a pair of arms being joined together at one end thereof and having tips at their other free ends, said arms having a relatively short distance from their joining point two projections which face each other and are dimensioned to engage each other by abutment substantially when the tips of said arms contact each other, the portion of each of said arms which is located between said projection and said joining point being flexible, the portion of each of said arms between said tip being relatively rigid and for such purpose are dimensioned for a minimum deflection when said second portions are supported by the two spaced apart supports, that is said tips and said projections, and in use are to be manually pressed towards each other, said manual pressure acting intermediate said supports, said tips forming planar gripping surfaces facing each other and having a relatively large extension in the length direction as well as in the transverse direcion of said arms, said gripping surfaces forming such an angle with the rest of said arms that said gripping surfaces just when said projections engage each other by abutment will be in contact with each other along their entire surface.