Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Clasp – clip – support-clamp – or required component thereof – Having gripping member formed from – biased by – or mounted on...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-27
2001-02-20
Sakran, Victor N. (Department: 3626)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on...
C024S0160PB, C024S03050S, C024S0170AP, C024S336000, C024S545000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189187
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a clip for holding a pair of elongated member portions, such as two portions of an electric cord extending from a power tool.
Most typically, when a user of a power tool (i.e. a drill, rotary saw, etc.) is finished using the tool, he or she wraps the cord around a portion of the tool for storage. The cord then frequently comes unwrapped from its desired position. To avoid this problem, the user sometimes wraps the cord around the tool too tightly or will tie the cord in a knot, leading to premature wear of the cord.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a device which secures an electric cord as wrapped around a power tool in its desired position.
It is also an object of the invention that such device is simple in construction and use, and will allow easy removal from the cord for use on another tool or for some other use.
The above objects are realized by a clip composed of a resilient material and comprising a body having the following elements as in a relaxed state: opposing first and second ends, of which the first end is open to define a first slot having a width, and the second end is closed; a first aperture having a diameter and being adjacent to and communicating with the first slot, the first slot having a width less than the diameter of the first aperture; a second aperture having a diameter and being adjacent to the second end; and a second slot extending between and communicating with the first and second apertures, the second slot having a width less than the respective diameters of the first and second apertures; whereby the body of the clip is capable of deformation to temporarily increase the widths of the first and second slots for (i) receiving a pair of elongated member portions in respective first and second apertures, and for (ii) removing the clip from the elongated member portions.
The clip of the invention is, of course, applicable to use with an electric cord (a type of “elongated member”) as wrapped around a power tool. Portions of the cord are received in their respective apertures to secure the cord in place. As described hereafter, the clip preferably further comprises tabs extending from the above-mentioned first end of the body, which eases the necessary deformation of the body, particularly when removing the clip from the cord.
Although the invention is described hereafter in use with a power tool electric cord, the clip can also be used with other types of elongated members, such as hoses, tubes, pipes, ropes, etc. The clip can hold different portions of a single elongated member, or even portions of separate elongated members, in a secure relationship to one another for any useful purpose.
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Sakran Victor N.
Sharp William R.
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