Patent ID: 8028873
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A45F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a tool having first and second ends; a clip assembly having a clip arm with third and fourth ends and being coupled at the third end to the tool, the clip arm extending from the first end of the tool toward the second end of the tool substantially parallel to a surface of the tool, the clip assembly including a roller rotatably coupled at the fourth end of the clip arm, a portion of the roller extending toward the surface of the tool and configured to contact an object positioned between the fourth end of the clip arm and the surface of the tool, the roller having first and second roller wheels and a ratchet wheel positioned between the first and second roller wheels, the roller being configured to rotate substantially freely in a first direction, such that a surface of the roller closest to the surface of the tool is movable toward the first end of the tool, the roller further configured to resist rotation in a second direction opposite the first direction, so that the surface of the roller is not movable toward the second end of the tool, each of the roller wheels having a resilient element configured to generate a degree of friction between the roller and an object positioned between the fourth end of the clip assembly and the surface of the tool, such that movement of the object toward the first end of the tool causes the roller to rotate in the first direction, and movement of the object toward the second end of the tool applies a rotational bias to the roller in the second direction.