Foldable clip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9664217-B2
Application number	US-201414299398-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Aug 6, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A clip for attaching sheeting and trim to a grain bin includes a plate having a strip that is foldable over the plate along a fold line. A pair of slots are positioned at opposite ends between the plate and the strip and extend inwardly from the ends. The strip has four corners that alternate from a 90° corner to a rounded corner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clip, comprising:
a plate having a first end, a second end, and a side edge;
a strip foldably attached to the plate along a fold line and having two rounded corners; and
a pair of slots defining the center of the fold line, configured to receive an eave, further comprising a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion; and
wherein a second slot of the pair of slots has a second arcuate section that forms a second rounded corner of the strip and extends from the arcuate portion of the second slot and terminates at a third corner of the strip.

2. The clip of claim 1 wherein the first and the second slots each has a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion.

3. The clip of claim 1 wherein the first slot has a second linear portion that extends from the arcuate portion of the first slot to a first corner of the foldable strip.

4. The clip of claim 1 wherein the first end and second end are on opposing ends of the strip with a side edge therebetween, such that when the strip is in a folded position the side edge is folded towards the plate.

5. A clip, comprising:
a plate having a first end, a second end, and a side edge;
a strip foldably attached to the plate along a fold line;
a first slot and a second slot in aligned spaced relation along the fold line and extending inwardly from the first end and the second end wherein the first and the second slots each have a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion and the first slot has a second linear portion that extends from the arcuate portion of the first slot to a first corner of the foldable strip; and
the strip has a first arcuate portion that extends away from one of the first and second slots to form a rounded corner of the strip and a second arcuate portion extends away from the other of the first and second slots to form another rounded corner of the strip.

6. A clip, comprising:
a plate having a first end, a second end, and a side edge;
a strip foldably attached to the plate along a fold line having two rounded corners; and
a first and a second slot in aligned spaced relation along the fold line and extending inwardly from the first end and the second end;
wherein the first and the second slots are configured to receive an eave, the first and second slots each have a linear portion that terminates in an arcuate portion, and the second slot has a second arcuate section that forms a second rounded corner of the strip and extends from the arcuate portion of the second slot and terminates at a third corner of the strip.

Assignees

• Sukup Mfg

Inventors

• Woodland Jeremy Ryan
• Shipley James Richard

Classifications

• Y10T24/44923

  Clasp, clip, or support-clamp cut or shaped from a single sheet of resilient, uniformly thick, planar material · CPC title

• F16B2/26 Primary

  of pliable, non-resilient material, e.g. plant tie · CPC title