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US2589889A
US2589889A US109139A US10913949A US2589889A US 2589889 A US2589889 A US 2589889A US 109139 A US109139 A US 109139A US 10913949 A US10913949 A US 10913949A US 2589889 A US2589889 A US 2589889A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42FSHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F9/00Filing appliances with devices clamping file edges; Covers with clamping backs
    • B42F9/001Clip boards
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/20Paper fastener
    • Y10T24/202Resiliently biased
    • Y10T24/203Resiliently biased including means to open or close fastener
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44641Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
    • Y10T24/44949Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member including resilient biasing wire
    • Y10T24/44957Coiled wire

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  • Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a clip or clip board embodying the objects of my invention
  • Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the clip or clip board illustrated in Fig. l; 1
  • Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the clip or clip board illustrated in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification of the clip illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3;
  • Fig. 5 is an isometric projection of the clip illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • l, 2 and 3 comprises a metal board or plate I of generally rectangular form. Struck from the plate I adjacent its rear or upper end are a pair 5 Claims; worst-so) upper face of the plate I.
  • the springs 8 serve as fulcrum points for the clip.
  • the resulting structure is merely a paper clip.
  • the springs I5 are distorted to form a forwardly etxending arch whereby the jaw edges I6 of the resulting clip areurged into clamping position.
  • the springs serve as ,fulcrdm points for the other two members as well as serving to urge the jaws into their clamping positions.
  • a clip comprising: two superposed plates having forward meeting edges and spaced, for- "wardly diverging intermediate portions; and coil springs secured between and to said intermediate portions with their ends in abutment with said of laterally spaced, upwardly extending eyes 2.
  • a clip comprising, a pair of superposed plates, having meeting portions for gripping paper, said plates having other portions disposed arig'iilarly with respect to one another, with the planes containing said other portions forming an angle facing generally toward the meeting portions of the plates, coil springs disposed.
  • a clip comprising, a plate, a clip member ov'erfl'ying one end of said plate, said clip member including a forward edge converging on and entorted into arcuate form and resiliently hold the] forward edge of the clip in engagement with the gaging said plate and a portion diverging forwardly with respect to said plate, coil springs disposed between said plate and the forwardly v diverging portion of the clip member, and means for securing the ends of the springs to said forwardly diverging portion and to said plate in abutting relationship to each to thereby force the springs to assume an arcuate form with the convex sides of the springs facing forwardly.
  • a clip comprising, a plate, a clip member overlying one end of said plate, said clip member including a forward edge converging'on and engaging said plate and a portion diverging forwardly with respect to said plate, coil springs disposed between said plate and the forwardly diverging portion of the clip member, and means for securing the ends of the springs to said forwardly diverging portion and to said plate in abutting relationship to each to thereby force the springs to assume an arcuate form with the convex sides of the springs facingforwardly, said securing means comprising eye portions struck from said forwardly diverging portion and from said plate and disposed on the convex sidespf the coil springs and receiving the ends of the coil springs.

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March 18, 1952 D. W.STEGEMAN 2,539,889
PAPER CLIP Filed Aug. 8, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET l INVENTOR. flo/vom lff iriai/w/v 4 "DRIVE/5 March 18, 1952 D. w. STEGEMAN 2,539,889
PAPER CLIP Filed Aug. 8, 1949 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Patented Mar. 18, 1952 UNITED STATES O'FFI 2,589,889 1 PAPER our Donald "W. 'Stegeman, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Application August 8, 1949, Serial .No. 109,139
been selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the present specification are outlined in full. In said drawings, two forms of the invention are shown, but it is to be understood that it is not limited to such forms, since the invention as setforth in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.
Referring to the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a clip or clip board embodying the objects of my invention;
Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the clip or clip board illustrated in Fig. l; 1
Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the clip or clip board illustrated in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification of the clip illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3;
Fig. 5 is an isometric projection of the clip illustrated in Fig. 4.
The clip and/or clip board illustrated in Figs.
l, 2 and 3 comprises a metal board or plate I of generally rectangular form. Struck from the plate I adjacent its rear or upper end are a pair 5 Claims; worst-so) upper face of the plate I. In addition to this, the springs 8 serve as fulcrum points for the clip.
By cutting down the length of the plate so that it is substantially equal to that of the clip 3, the resulting structure is merely a paper clip.
' In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5, two identical clips or jaws II are resorted to, each having rearwardly diverging actuating levers I2, and forwardly diverging intermediate portions I3. Cut and pressed inwardly from the portions I3 are eyes I4 and secured to these eyes are coil springs I5, the ends of these springs being in abutment with the intermediate portions I3. As
' in the case of the modification illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the springs I5 are distorted to form a forwardly etxending arch whereby the jaw edges I6 of the resulting clip areurged into clamping position. Here again the springs serve as ,fulcrdm points for the other two members as well as serving to urge the jaws into their clamping positions.
I claim:
1. A clip comprising: first and second superposed plates having forwardly diverging intermediate portions and forwardly converging forward portions; and coil springs disposed between said first and second plates and secured thereto with their ends in abutment with said forwardly diverging intermediate portions.
2. A clip comprising: two superposed plates having forward meeting edges and spaced, for- "wardly diverging intermediate portions; and coil springs secured between and to said intermediate portions with their ends in abutment with said of laterally spaced, upwardly extending eyes 2.
Overlying the upper or rear end of the plate I is a clip generally designated by the reference nu meral 3 and provided with a rearwardly inclined posed between the plate I and the intermediate.
clip portion 5 are coil springs 8, the ends 9 of the terminal convolutions or coils of each spring being threaded through the eyes 2 and 1 whereby the ends of the springs are held in abutment with the plate I and the intermediate clip portion 5. Since the clip portion 5 is forwardly inclined with portions, said springs being held in arcuate form. '3. A clip comprising, a pair of superposed plates, having meeting portions for gripping paper, said plates having other portions disposed arig'iilarly with respect to one another, with the planes containing said other portions forming an angle facing generally toward the meeting portions of the plates, coil springs disposed. between the plates, and means for fastening the ends of the coil springs to the angularly disposed portions in-zabutting relationship, to thereby force the coil springs to assume arcuate shapes with the convex sides of the springs facing generally toward the meeting edges of the plates. 7 4.',A clip comprising, a plate, a clip member ov'erfl'ying one end of said plate, said clip member including a forward edge converging on and entorted into arcuate form and resiliently hold the] forward edge of the clip in engagement with the gaging said plate and a portion diverging forwardly with respect to said plate, coil springs disposed between said plate and the forwardly v diverging portion of the clip member, and means for securing the ends of the springs to said forwardly diverging portion and to said plate in abutting relationship to each to thereby force the springs to assume an arcuate form with the convex sides of the springs facing forwardly.
5. A clip comprising, a plate, a clip member overlying one end of said plate, said clip member including a forward edge converging'on and engaging said plate and a portion diverging forwardly with respect to said plate, coil springs disposed between said plate and the forwardly diverging portion of the clip member, and means for securing the ends of the springs to said forwardly diverging portion and to said plate in abutting relationship to each to thereby force the springs to assume an arcuate form with the convex sides of the springs facingforwardly, said securing means comprising eye portions struck from said forwardly diverging portion and from said plate and disposed on the convex sidespf the coil springs and receiving the ends of the coil springs.
' DONALD W. STEGEMAN.
REFERENCES CITED I The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 273,963 Cook Mar. 13, 1883 I 960,754 Moxley Oct. 6, 1891 499,213 Cooper June 13, 1893 521,236 Gruninger June 12, 1894 15 1,351,132 Rutledge Aug. 31, 1920 1,379,298 Garbo May 24, 1921 1,482,659 Oswald Feb. 5, 1924 2,092,929 Anderson May 28, 1935 2,296,175 Morkoski Sept. 15, 1942
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US2903764A (en) * 1956-06-01 1959-09-15 Donald F Christy Clip fastener
US3291134A (en) * 1965-12-20 1966-12-13 William H Novales File prop
US6363941B1 (en) * 2000-07-05 2002-04-02 Donald R. Combs Cigar holder

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US273963A (en) * 1883-03-13 Paper-bag holder
US460754A (en) * 1891-10-06 Clamp for books
US499213A (en) * 1893-06-13 Cow-tail holder
US521236A (en) * 1894-06-12 Joseph gruninger
US1351132A (en) * 1920-05-07 1920-08-31 Rutledge James Harvy Case for folding rulers
US1379298A (en) * 1921-05-24 garbo
US1482659A (en) * 1923-06-30 1924-02-05 Oswald Edith Tablet holder
US2002929A (en) * 1934-12-08 1935-05-28 Bert J Anderson Saddle
US2296175A (en) * 1940-03-26 1942-09-15 Int Harvester Co Spring release device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US273963A (en) * 1883-03-13 Paper-bag holder
US460754A (en) * 1891-10-06 Clamp for books
US499213A (en) * 1893-06-13 Cow-tail holder
US521236A (en) * 1894-06-12 Joseph gruninger
US1379298A (en) * 1921-05-24 garbo
US1351132A (en) * 1920-05-07 1920-08-31 Rutledge James Harvy Case for folding rulers
US1482659A (en) * 1923-06-30 1924-02-05 Oswald Edith Tablet holder
US2002929A (en) * 1934-12-08 1935-05-28 Bert J Anderson Saddle
US2296175A (en) * 1940-03-26 1942-09-15 Int Harvester Co Spring release device

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2903764A (en) * 1956-06-01 1959-09-15 Donald F Christy Clip fastener
US3291134A (en) * 1965-12-20 1966-12-13 William H Novales File prop
US6363941B1 (en) * 2000-07-05 2002-04-02 Donald R. Combs Cigar holder

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