Patent ID: 7418771

Claim:
A clip for clamping a cloth to be mounted on an embroidery frame including an outer frame, and an inner frame which is internally engaged with the outer frame thereby to hold a cloth to be worked between the outer frame and the inner frame, the clip comprising; a leaf spring member which can be detachably mounted on the outer frame, and an urging member that is separate and distinct from the leaf spring member and adapted to press the cloth to be worked onto the inner frame, wherein the leaf spring member includes: a first engaging portion adapted to be engaged with a lower part of the outer frame from outside, a first plate portion extending upwardly from the first engaging portion, a second plate portion formed in an upper part of the first plate portion by way of a bent portion and downwardly inclined along an inner face of the outer frame, and a second engaging portion formed in the second plate portion and adapted to be engaged with an upper part of the outer frame from inside, the urging member being provided on the second plate portion and adapted to press a part of the cloth to be worked that extends upwardly from between the outer frame and the inner frame onto the inner frame.