Patent ID: 8266770

Claim:
A unitary one piece clip for fabrics comprising: a substantially planar clip body having a front and rear surface and side edges; an opening in the clip body passing through the front and rear surfaces to form a periphery structure in the clip body, the periphery structure having an interior wall surrounding the opening; a substantially planar flexible central spring member having front and rear surfaces and a surrounding edge surface, the spring member appending from a top portion of the periphery structure and having an opposing free end terminating within the opening near a bottom portion of the peripheral structure, the spring member and periphery structure juxtaposed substantially within the same plane; a gap between the surrounding edge surface of the spring member and the interior wall of the periphery structure that decreases in width from the bottom portion of the peripheral structure to the top portion of the peripheral structure; a plurality of projecting elements projecting from the surrounding edge surfaces of the spring member; whereby the spring member is flexed out of the plane of the clip body creating a spring force, and when a fabric is placed over the surface of the spring member and pushed toward the top of the periphery structure, the spring force returns the spring member toward the plane of the clip body to grasp the fabric in the gap with the plurality of projecting elements projecting from the surrounding edge surfaces of the spring member pinching the fabric to thereby firmly hold the fabric in the clip.