US4514885A
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Clip with two stable positions of the clothes pin type
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-02-10
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Granted: 1985-05-07
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Expires: 2004-02-10
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a clip made of plastic, in one piece, consisting of two articulated arms (1,2), one of the ends (4) of which serves as jaws and the other end (5) as a lever arm, and of an upper elastic component (10) forming a spring, which comprises, between the two arms (1,2) and the elastic component (10), two swivelling, crescent-shaped components (8,9) for opening and closing the clip, which are united by a hinge (11) and joined both to the ends (5) and to the elastic component (10) by two groups of corresponding hinges (6,7,12,13).
Inventors
- 👤 Regis Delahousse
- 👤 Philippe Delahousse
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 21:40
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06F; D06F55/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/44; Y10T24/44291; Y10T24/44641; Y10T24/44744; Y10T24/44752; Y10T24/44769; Y10T24/44872; Y10T24/44906; Y10T24/44915
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A clip comprising first and second arm means pivotally connected to each other at a first hinge means located intermediate opposed ends of each arm means, a first component hingedly connected to an end of said first arm means, a second component hingedly connected to an end of said second arm means, wherein said first and second components are hingedly connected to each other and said ends are on the ssme side of said first hinge means, and spring means connected to said first component by a second hinge means and connected to said second component by a third hinge means, wherein said spring means maintains said first and second arm means in two stable conditions and wherein said spring means is in tension only when said first and second arm means are between said two stable conditions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A clip comprising first and second arm means pivotally connected to each other at a first hinge means located intermediate opposed ends of each arm means, a first component hingedly connected to an end of said first arm means, a second component hingedly connected to an end of said second arm means, wherein said first and second components are hingedly connected to each other and said ends are on the ssme side of said first hinge means, and spring means connected to said first component by a second hinge means and connected to said second component by a third hinge means, wherein said spring means maintains said first and second arm means in two stable conditions and wherein said spring means is in tension only when said first and second arm means are between said two stable conditions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A clip according to claim 1 made by molding in a position wherein second ends of said first and second arm means are spaced from each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A clip as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said hinge means is in the form of a strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A clip as claimed in one of claims 1 or 2, wherein jaws (4) of the arm means comprise hollows (14,15) and humps (16,17) forming a zigzag obstacle in a closed position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A clip as claimed in claims 1 or 2, wherein jaws (4) of the arm means (1,2) comprise humps (18) and hollows (19) coming face to face in a closed position.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A clip according to claim 5 wherein said spring means is a partial cylinder concave to said first and second components and said first and second components are partial cylinders convex to said spring means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A clip according to claim 6 wherein said first and second arm means, said first and second components, said spring means, and said hinge means are of plastic and are made by injecting plastic into a mold.
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