Patent ID: 7770264

Claim:
Flat clip element stack with a plurality of substantially flat clip elements whereby each flat clip element is designed to provide a clipping space for receiving an object edge by the application of clamping forces, each flat clip element including a center clamping leg to be placed on one side of an object and a pair of lateral clamping legs provided on each side of the center clamping leg such that the center clamping leg is provided in a generally common plane between the lateral clamping legs, each lateral clamping leg being spaced from the center clamping leg to define a clipping gap, the lateral clamping legs being configured to be placed on an opposite side of the object, whereby the center clamping leg and the lateral clamping legs are connected by a bridge portion and the center and lateral clamping legs as well as the bridge portion are integrally designed, whereby several of such flat clip elements are detachably combined to said flat clip element stack in such a manner that for the application of a flat clip element on an object a front most flat clip element is pushed off the flat clip element stack.