US1662175A - Article-holding clip - Google Patents

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March 13, 1928. 1,662,175

, v. THORNE ARTICLE HOLDING CLIP Filed June 15, 1927 lnvenfor Viola Thorns E" Mm-m,91

Patented Mar. 13, 1928. a I 1,662,1'15

UNITED STAT ES PATE NT OFFICE.

VIOLA riioRn-E, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, AS$IGNOR or 1\'. E-I2ZALI:TO ROMAN- r. GLOCHESKI, or RAND narrns'memeniv.

ARTICLE-HOLDING onrr; I

Application filed. June 13, 1927. Serial No. 198,479.

This invention relates to an article holdthe section 5 is of semi-circular form and iiig clip which is of very simple construc' that it and the lower edges of thehead 7 tion, cheaply made, easily attached to a are flush so that no pro]e ctions extend from vertical support and which may be utilized the lower end of thespring member of the to hold many and various types of articles, clip on which clothing might be caught. 60 the article being inserted in theclip by an The article to be retained by the clip is upward movement of said article between attached by forcing its upper edge upwardly the gripping heads which are used to hold between the heads 6 and the spring niemth ti l ber yielding to permit this and the heads 10 The invention is fully set forth in the 6 and 7 gr pping the article on opposite 5 f ll i description taken in connect on sides. It will further be noted that there with the accompanying drawing, in which, is a space above the heads 6 and? between Fi 1 i a id l ti f th li the base l and the sections 4 and 5 of the Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and spring member, large enough to receive the Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the le edg q an e, u s 18 p es n 70 li d an ti l h ld th by, many times in hats, whereby the clip is Like reference characters refer to like apable of holding an article of this ty Parts in the different figures oi": the draw- Well as those that are fiat or have fiat 0' ec ges.

20 ln the construction, a base plate 1 of This clip is of particular utility at theatres '75 metal is provided through which, at each he 1 116 b ing attached tothe backs of end, an opening 2 is made for the passage seats. The smooth and hard surfaces of f Screws or i il f t i d i h the heads 6 and 7 and their semi-spherical b it may b tt h d t a ti l t, for n render it comparatively easy to move an Such as a back of a t, a 11 or th article upward between them. The absence 80 Convenient support. 01' any downwardly or outwardly pro ecting A i t d d Connected ith th b extens ons to the spring member below the i a member f Spring t l i i head 7 avoids any danger of catchingof three sections 3, 4 and 5. The upper sec- Clothes the tion 3 lies flat against the upper end por- I11 g- 3 the p llhlshffl-lled hold- 3 tion of the base 1 and is permanently se- 1 8; hat The i l 15 not llmlthd to l cured thereto and likewise has an opening g hats but p c y y art c e Which which comes into conjunction with the upcan be passed between the heads 6 and per opening 2 through the base 1. The iny held, h flccfmht ng taken 0t 35 terinediate section 4 is bent outwardly and the Welght f y article that It hall n 90 downwardly at an acute angle to the base so heavy a to h h f 11Ct10I1i 11 while the lower terminal and free section 5 p 0f h 6 and laga'lnst Thls is bent from the lower edge of section l to constlfuctlon of 1? h Pr p l l y t d ti ll downward, practical and satistactory. The invent on,

40 O th b i d t th inner id d s defined in the claims appended hereto and 95 lower end of the section 5 gripping heads 15 to be Consldered P G QW of 79111 6 d 7 respectively are permanently forms of structure coming within their cured. These heads are substantially of p semi-spherical form and are of metal hav- I Chum} ing smooth and hard surfaces. The spring 1- A 01 p 0f the class described, compris- 100 material of the member attached to the base ing a vertically positioned base of metal, a i normally causes the two heads to bear with spring metal member attached at its upper some force against each other. end to said base and having an intermediate The clip as thus made, as previously section extending outwardly and downstated, may be attached to a vertical support wardly away from said base and a lower ter- 105 by screws, such as indicated at 8 in Fig. 8, minal free section extending vertically inserted through the openings 2. When downward from said lower end of the interthus attached the article to be held may be mediate section, the lower end of said termiinserted vertically between the heads 6 and nal section being of semi-circular form, and

7. It will be noted that the lower end of heads of hard smooth surface material sub- 1 in her attached at one end to said base and having its other end spaced away from the base and two heads of hard, smooth surface material semi-spherical in form attached one to the base and one to the spaced away end of the spring member and normally bearing against: each other, the end of the spring member and the surface of the head attached thereto being flush with each other.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

VIOLA THORNE.

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