Patent ID: 8061569

Claim:
A clip for clamping an object, comprising: a clip body including a pair of clip members are pivotally connected to each other at a pivoting point, each clip member including a first segment disposed on one side of the pivoting point and a second segment disposed on the other side of the pivoting point, said first segments have respective leading ends forming a clamping end; a clamping force increasing member for increasing a clamping force of the clip body; and fixing means for supporting the clamping force increasing member on the clip body, wherein the clamping force increasing member has a slip prevention section, disposed between said leading ends and clamped by the clamping end together with the object, and a transmission section connected to the slip prevention section and fixed by the fixing means to the respective second segment of at least one clip member of the pair of clip members, and the fixing means transmits to the clip body, via the transmission section, a friction force that the slip prevention section receives from the object.