Patent ID: 7520491

Claim:
A tool and clip assembly for securing fencing material to a fence post, said assembly comprising: a wire clip having a non-looped end; a tool having a handle pivotally attached to a tool bit rod thereby defining an axis of rotation at a pivot point between said handle and said tool bit rod; a first end of said rod pivotally attached to said pivot point, said rod extending from said first end to a second end of said rod that is distal from said handle and said pivot point; an open hole disposed in said second end, said hole having a central longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, said central longitudinal axis of said hole extending tangentially from a circular path of rotation of said bit about said pivot point; and whereby said open hole is operable to receive said non-looped end such that said tool may rotate about the fencing material to loop said non-looped end about the fencing material to clamp the post between said wire clip and the fencing material.