Clip with two stable positions of the clothes pin type
First Claim
1. 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.
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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).
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- 1. 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.
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