Clip for gripping fabric or the like

• US 4,175,305 A
• Filed: 08/17/1977
• Issued: 11/27/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert E. Gillis
• Original Assignee: Robert E. Gillis
• Inventors: Gillis, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelak, Bernard A.
• Application Number:
  US05/825,410
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 24/72.5, 24/243 K, 24/245 R, 24/245 A, 24/246, 24/113 R, 24/30.5 L, 24/263 R, 135/15 CF
• US Class Current: 24/459
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/32 Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44034 Dissociable gripping members

Abstract

A clip is provided which is adapted for fastening onto a flexible web such as a sheet of fabric. The clip is particularly adapted for fastening the fabric of a tent to supporting poles or stakes or for fastening webs together.

Claims

1. A fastener for attachment to a web of flexible material comprising in combination:

a. female element comprising a collar having a side wall formed as a hollow cylinder and a flat out-turned rim surface surrounding said side wall at a right angle to said cylinder,

b. a male element having a plug portion having an external cylindrical wall and an out-turned rim extending around said plug, said external cylindrical wall being complementary to said hollow cylinder and said out-turned rim having a flat surface adapted to lie against the flat out-turned rim surface of the female element,

c. whereby said female element can be placed against said web on a first side of the web and said male element can be placed on the opposite side of the web and pushed through said female element, distorting said web, and brought back to lie substantially against the female element with the web engaged (1) between the flat surfaces of the two out-turned rims, and (2) between the side wall of the hollow cylinder and the external cylindrical wall of the male element wherein the flat surfaces of the web held between the two out-turned rims is parallel to the main portion of the web,

d. wherein said female element has a loop bridging opposite sides of the collar.

2. The structure of claim 1 wherein said center is round and said collar is flexible whereby said collar can be distorted by pressure on opposite sides to form an elongated oval to permit said plug to pass therethrough.

3. The structure of claim 1 wherein said loop has at least one hollow cylinder formed integrally with the center of said loop, said cylinder being in line with said hollow center.