Patent ID: 8215594

Claim:
A one-piece musical instrument cable clip, the clip comprising a strip-like base, the base having: a top surface; a bottom surface; a proximal end, the proximal end formed to include, on the top surface, a post, the post formed to include a flange atop a column interposed between the flange and the top surface the flange having a flat top surface; and a free end, the free end formed to include a switchback, the switchback formed to include: a switchback base portion adjacent the base, the switchback base portion having an inner surface and a width; a switchback reverse portion adjacent the switchback base portion, the switchback reverse portion having an inner surface; a switchback finger portion adjacent the switchback reverse portion, the switchback finger portion comprising an inner surface and a flat outer surface, the switchback finger portion inner surface in a facing, spaced apart relation with the switchback base portion inner surface; and a rib running generally along the switchback base portion inner surface, the switchback reverse portion inner surface, and the switchback finger portion inner surface, the rib having a ridge formed thereon, a portion of the ridge formed on the rib running generally along the switchback base portion inner surface and a portion of the ridge formed on the rib running generally along the switchback finger portion forming an acute angle, the switchback finger portion being flexibly responsive to a musical instrument cable being urged between the portion of the ridge formed on the rib running generally along the switchback base portion and the portion of the ridge formed on the rib running generally along the switchback finger portion, wherein the cable becomes frictionally removably secured in the clip, the rib further having a width where the rib meets the switchback base portion inner surface, the rib width smaller than the switchback base portion width, the portion of the ridge formed on the rib running along the switchback base portion forming a surface of decreasing slope from where the rib meets the switchback base portion and the rib formed on the ridge running along the switchback reverse portion, the flange top surface and the switchback finger portion outer surface cooperating to form portions of a flat surface, the flat surface parallel with the base bottom surface.