Patent ID: 9481493
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B65D,Y02W,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A plurality of clips of a flat material usable to close a neck of a bag, the plurality of clips comprising a clip adjoined to a first neighboring clip and to a second neighboring clip, each of the plurality of clips comprising: a planar clip surface surrounding an aperture having a singular mouth, a side edge of the clip consisting of the singular mouth located thereon, and the mouth for receiving the neck of the bag into the aperture; a first end edge, opposite from a second end edge, with the side edge of each clip located between the first end edge and the second end edge; the first edge end of the clip consisting of a first set of rounded slots and fingers, and the second end edge of the clip consisting of a second set of rounded slots and fingers; the first set of slots and fingers of the first neighboring clip interlock-ably re-mated into the first set of rounded slots and fingers after an initial disconnection from the first set of rounded slots and fingers when each clip is formed, the first set of slots and fingers of the first neighboring clip separated from the first set of rounded slots and fingers of the clip without fracture of the flat material, and re-mated to the first of rounded slots and fingers of the clip without fracture of the flat material; the first set of slots and fingers of each clip includes a first multiple of smoothly contoured rounded fingers and a first multiple of smoothly contoured rounded slots; the second set of rounded slots and fingers of the clip interlock-ably re-mated into the second set of slots and fingers of the second neighboring clip after an initial disconnection from the second set of rounded slots and fingers of the clip when each clip is formed, the second set of rounded slots and fingers of the clip separated from the second set of slots and fingers of the second neighboring clip without fracture of the flat material, and re-mated to the second set of rounded slots and fingers of the clip without fracture of the flat material; each of the first finger radius smoothly transitions into each of the first socket radius to form each of the first multiple of smoothly contoured rounded slots, and each of the first multiple of smoothly contoured rounded slots in turn transitions back to each first slot radius of each of the first set of rounded slots and fingers; and each of the second finger radius smoothly transitions into each of the second socket radius to form each of the second multiple of smoothly contoured rounded slots, and each of the second multiple of smoothly contoured rounded slots in turn transitions back to each second slot radius of each of the second set of rounded slots and fingers.