Patent ID: 7501587

Claim:
A clip compatible with surface mount technology and surface mountable to a substrate for allowing repeated releasable attachment and detachment of a shielding structure thereto, the clip comprising: a base member having generally opposed first and second side edge portions; two or more arms extending generally upwardly in a first direction from the base member, the two or more arms including first and second arms extending generally upwardly from the respective first and second side edge portions of the base member such that the first and second arms are offset in an alternating arrangement along a length of the base member, the first and second arms having overlapping contact apexes for squeezing opposite surfaces of a wall portion of the shielding structure when the shielding structure's wall portion is positioned therebetween; first and second stabilizers extending generally horizontally outwardly from the second edge portion of the base member at locations generally opposing corresponding ones of the two or more arms, the first and second stabilizers configured to help stabilize the clips positioning on the substrate during installation; a generally flat pick-up surface extending generally horizontally from the base member in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, the pick-up surface extending outwardly beyond the first edge portion of the base member, the pick-up surface longitudinally disposed generally between the first and second stabilizers, the pick-up surface configured to enable the clip to be picked up by a head associated with pick-and-place equipment; and locking structure on at least one of the two or more arms configured to engage the shielding structure for helping releasably secure the shielding structure to the clip when the shielding structure's wall portion is positioned between the contact apexes of the first and second arms.