Patent ID: 6450471
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A47G,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A poster clasp for suspending a poster therefrom, comprising:a suspension assembly having at least one suspension device for operable, suspending cooperation with a surface; a clasp assembly being formed integrally, unitarily with the suspension assembly, the clasp assembly having a support member and a hinged gripping member, the support member having a back plate and a cam point formed integral with the backplate, and the hinged gripping member having a hingedly rotatable lobe, the lobe being rotatable between an open disposition and a closed disposition, the lobe cooperating with the cam point to exert a compressive, frictional force on the poster disposed between the lobe and the cam point when the lobe is in the closed disposition to capture the poster for suspension thereof; and a hinge, the lobe being operably coupled to the hinge, the hinge being formed integral with the support member and the hinged gripping member and rotatably coupling the hinged gripping member to the support member, wherein the hinge and the cam point are each formed of a material having a durometer number, the durometer number of the hinge and of the cam point being substantially the same, said durometer number being less than a durometer number of the backplate.