Patent ID: 8166615

Claim:
An apparel clamp, comprising: a first clamping jaw and an underlying opposed second clamping jaw, related one to the other by biased hinge means for biasing said first and second jaws between an open position and a closed position in accord with user manipulation of said clamp, said clamping jaws adapted to clamp to an edge of a substrate when in said closed position; a resilient connecting element having a first free end and a second attached end associated with said first clamping jaw, and mounted via said second attached end on a side of said jaw opposed to said second clamping jaw, said first free end being adapted for accepting an attaching member of a disassociated item, said attaching member placed over and slid down said free end, thereby maintaining said item in association with said clamp; and, an overlaying lid element also hinged to said first clamping jaw, said lid element being likewise movable between open and closed positions, said lid element also including a wedging element which acts so as to wedge each of said first and second jaws one against the other when said lid element is urged into said closed position and to overlie and capture said resilient connecting element first free end against said second attached end, thereby preventing removal of said disassociated item from said resilient connecting element.