Patent ID: 7240880

Claim:
A holding clip comprising: a partially enclosed pocket having a first open end and a second open end spaced apart from said first open end, and an inlet defined between opposed edges extending between said first and second open ends, such that said inlet leads into said pocket past said edges, said pocket having a first dimension, and a second dimension defined between said opposed edges, said first dimension being substantially parallel with said second dimension wherein said first dimension is being U-shaped and said second dimension having projection part on both top ends of U-shaped; and said first dimension being greater than said second dimension; first and second arms projecting toward each other from opposite sides of said inlet to define a substantially V-shaped inlet area, said V-shaped inlet area spaced a distance from said opposed edges and outside said pocket; and distal ends of said arms configured to overlap one with another so that each extends past a center-line of said inlet and to interdigitate one with another in an initial state before an item is passed thereby, to deflect inwardly away from each other when subjected to an insertion force to allow the item to pass thereby, to interdigitate one with another once the item has passed and to interengage one against another in response to force exerted thereagainst from within said pocket, whereby said first and second arms remain substantially in said V-shaped inlet area before and after the item passes therethrough, each said distal end having a cutout on one side and a narrowed end segment adjacent cutout said distal ends being configured to be substantially identical to each other, with each said narrowed end segment received in the cutout of the other said distal end.