Paper clip holder

• US 4,530,445 A
• Filed: 09/28/1982
• Issued: 07/23/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Decker, David E.
• Original Assignee: Decker, David E.
• Inventors: Decker, David E.
• Primary Examiner(s): BARTUSKA, FRANCIS JOHN
• Application Number:
  US06/425,228
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 221/197, 221/198, 221/279, 221/280, 221/312 A, 211/59.1, 206/340, 206/338, 29/814
• US Class Current: 221/198
• CPC Class Codes: B43M 99/009 Paperclip dispensers or holders

Abstract

A holder for a multiplicity of paper clips is arranged in an aligned stack disclosed herein having an elongated, hollow housing closed at a dispensing end with a stop defining a partial opening for passing the uppermost clip of the stack. The housing dispensing end includes an outwardly projecting bill or lip adapted to present the uppermost clip in a preparatory position for manual removal from the housing. A spring biasing mechanism is incorporated into the housing closing the end thereof opposite to its clip dispensing end which includes a guide rod projecting through aligned openings in the stack of clips and a slidable foot carrying the clip stack. An expansion spring is disposed on the rod between the foot and a base which is snap-locked with the housing to close the housing storage cavity.

Claims

1. A paper clip holder for storaging a plurality of paper clips comprising:

an elongated housing having opposite open ends;

stop means partially closing a selected end of said housing;

a stack of paper clips arranged in an aligned stack within said housing;

spring biasing means forcibly urging said stack against said stop means presenting a portion of the uppermost clip in said stack through said housing open at said selected end preparatory to be dispensed;

said biasing means includes a base closing the end of said housing opposite to its selected end;

a rod upwardly projecting from said base through said aligned stack of clips terminating immediately at said opening adjacent said stop means below said uppermost clip of said stack;

a foot slidably mounted on said rod and cantilevered outwardly from said rod within said housing;

expansion spring means operable between said base and said foot to urge said stack against said stop means;

snap-lock means cooperatively carried between said housing and said base for detachably connecting said base to said housing so as to support said housing in an upright vertical position;

a removable insert holding said stack of paper clips and having an enlarged end projecting out of said opening at said selected housing end;

said insert having an enlarged portion at one end and a pair of integrally biased prongs on its end;

each prong of the pair terminating in outwardly extending lobes whereby said stack of clips are disposed along the length of said insert between said enlarged portion and said lobes;

said stop means including an open-ended slit for passing said insert therethrough leaving said stack of clips disposed in said housing;

said housing selected end provided with an outwardly projecting bill or beak on the end of said opening opposite to its end partially closed by said stop means; and

said bill or beak provided with a recessed lead-in for receiving one end of said uppermost clip.