Patent ID: 9027207
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B42F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A paper clip comprising: a length of a wire bent to form an oval loop with a first free end and a second free end comprising a partial outer oval loop and a partial inner oval loop disposed within said partial outer oval loop, said partial outer oval loop and said partial inner oval loop being generally coplanar with one another; said partial outer oval loop is concentric with said partial inner oval loop; said partial outer oval loop including an outer straight portion with said first free end forming a first U-shaped bottom portion connecting to a second straight portion connecting to a third straight portion by a second inverse U-shaped portion; a fourth straight portion connecting to said third straight portion by a third inverse “U-shaped” portion; and a fifth segment including a second free end extending outwardly and across said second straight portion at an angle; wherein said fifth segment can be biased inwardly whereby said second free end can engage said first straight portion securely holding a sheet of material therebetween; and a distal end segment extending from said outer straight portion at an angle between said first free end and said first U-shaped bottom portion for cooperatively interlocking and releasably engaging said fifth segment at an intersection of said fifth segment and said sixth segment.