Patent ID: 7438495

Claim:
A sideward clipping apparatus, comprising: an elastic element, a seat including: a base at a bottom of the seat, the base having a top surface, a first anchor boss located on the top surface of the base, and a housing trough to hold the elastic element, said housing trough having a detent member formed therein, the elastic element being anchored by the first anchor boss; and a sliding member located in the housing trough, the sliding member including: a guiding portion which has one end located on the detent member and is movable in the housing trough through the elastic element to a first position when not depressed and to a second position when depressed; the detent member defining a moving track of the guiding portion corresponding to the first and the second positions; and an upper clipping portion and a lower clipping portion coupled through a first base, the lower clipping portion being coupled with the sliding member through a second base, the lower clipping portion being moved about the first base at an initial force receiving state to synchronously drive the upper clipping portion so that the upper and the lower clipping portions form a first fan moving track; and the lower clipping portion receiving the force to move vertically to a second position and driving the upper clipping portion to form a second fan moving track, thereby the upper and lower clipping portions forming a clipping space when the sliding member is moved to the second position to clip an article.