Patent ID: 7428771
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: A61J,A61M,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip, comprising: a first clipping arm and a second clipping arm capable of pressing and holding therebetween a clipped object constituted of a flexible hollow member, thereby forming an independent, separate space in the clipped object, a latching portion having a male member and a female member to engage with the male member, and a latching releaser to release engagement between the male member and the female member, wherein (1) either the first clipping arm or the second clipping arm has an elastic member at a second end of the clip, (2) the latching releaser is connected to the elastic member at a connecting point and extending toward a first end of the clip and along an outer side of the first or second clipping arm, (3) either the male member or the female member is disposed on a tip end of the elastic member, the other of the male member or the female member being disposed on the other of first clipping arm and the second clipping arm, and (4) the elastic member has a fulcrum disposed further from the first end of the clip than the connecting point.