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One-hand clip capable of preventing hanging object from dropping

  • US 7,140,585 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2004
  • Issued: 11/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A one-hand clip comprising a main body and a pair of hooks each fixed to a respective bottom end of said main body by a rotating pin wherein said hooks project inwardly toward each other and have tip ends which are movable toward and away from each other during rotation of said hooks, said main body including an elastic body at each bottom end of said main body wherein said bottom ends of said main body have interior pockets which respectively receive said elastic bodies and said elastic bodies are completely contained within the interior pockets, each said elastic body being connected to a respective one of said hooks wherein said elastic bodies resiliently bias said hooks to bias said tip ends inwardly toward each other into contact with each other and resiliently resist movement of said tip ends away from each, said tip ends terminating at sidewardly elongate sharp edges to define line contact between said tip ends when disposed in contact wherein an object to be hung is inserted between the tip ends of said hooks, pinched by a pinching force generated by each said elastic body and by the weight of said object acting downwardly on said tip ends, and said pinching force prevents said object from dropping.

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