Patent ID: 8024844

Claim:
A clip ( 100 ) composed of a wire having resiliency, comprising: first and second bend sections ( 110 , 120 ) which are located at one side in the longitudinal direction, are formed of a wire material and are bent to be almost U-shaped; first and second rectilinear sections ( 130 , 140 ) formed so that the wire material extends almost rectilinearly with a spacing from both ends of the first bend section ( 110 ) toward the other side in the longitudinal direction; third and fourth rectilinear sections ( 150 , 160 ) formed so that the wire material almost rectilinearly extends with a spacing from both ends of the second bend section ( 120 ) toward the other side in the longitudinal direction; and a connection section ( 170 ) that connects the first rectilinear section ( 130 ) and the fourth rectilinear section ( 160 ) together at the other side in the longitudinal direction and extends so as to cross over the spacing between the first rectilinear section ( 130 ) and the fourth rectilinear section ( 160 ); wherein the first rectilinear section ( 130 ) is extended and held in contact with the third rectilinear section ( 150 ) from the first bend section ( 110 ) to the connection section ( 170 ), and the fourth rectilinear section ( 160 ) is extended and held in contact with the second rectilinear section ( 140 ) from the second bend section ( 120 ) to the connection section ( 170 ), the second rectilinear section ( 140 ) and the third rectilinear section ( 150 ) have wire end edges ( 141 and 151 ) at the other end side in the longitudinal direction thereof, the end edges ( 141 , 151 ) of the second rectilinear section ( 140 ) and the third rectilinear section ( 150 ) are positioned within a region surrounded by the first rectilinear section ( 130 ), the fourth rectilinear section ( 160 ) and the connection section ( 170 ) by the first bend section ( 110 ) or the first rectilinear section ( 130 ) extending on or crossing the second bend section ( 120 ) or the third rectilinear section ( 150 ), the first bend section ( 110 ) is located almost at the same position as that of the second bend section ( 120 ) in the longitudinal direction or is located and held in proximity with the second bend section ( 120 ) with a spacing less than the diameter of the wire material, the first bend section ( 110 ) is located at a position upwardly apart from the second bend section ( 120 ) by the first rectilinear section ( 130 ) and the second rectilinear section ( 140 ) being bent upward, the first rectilinear section ( 130 ) and the third rectilinear section ( 150 ) are extended in parallel and held in contact with each other, and the second rectilinear section ( 140 ) and the fourth rectilinear section ( 160 ) are extended and held in contact with each other.