Patent ID: 8720756

Claim:
A clip, for releasable engagement with a user-operated device, and for releasable attachment to a user's person, the clip comprising: an attaching portion; and a generally C-shaped supporting portion; the supporting portion comprising an outer circumferential edge and first and second ends; the supporting portion being integrally joined with the attaching portion; the edge extending, from a part of the supporting portion that is integrally joined with the attaching portion, in opposite directions to the first and second ends, respectively; the supporting portion corresponding generally with an arc that extends more than 180° between the first and second ends; the arc defining a plane; at any particular point along the edge, the supporting portion having a thickness that is measured in a direction that is perpendicular to the plane, and the supporting portion having a width that is measured in a direction that is within the plane and that is perpendicular to the arc at a point of the arc that is closest to the particular point along the edge; the width of the supporting portion exceeding the thickness of the supporting portion at substantially every point along the edge; the supporting portion being sufficiently flexible so that the first and second ends can be temporarily forced away from each other, and the supporting portion being sufficiently resilient so that it will resume its original shape when the first and second ends are no longer being forced away from each other; wherein, when the attaching portion is attached to the user's person and the supporting portion is engaged with an appropriately dimensioned groove of the user-operated device, the supporting portion acts as a cantilever, supporting the weight of the user-operated device through forces acting on the supporting portion in directions generally perpendicular to the plane.