Attachable clip device

{
  "publication_number": "US6443409B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Attachable clip device",
  "abstract": "An attachable clip device for allowing items to be hung from a pushpin. The attachable clip device includes a shaft having a top end; and also includes a fastener support member being attached at the top end of the shaft; and further includes a fastener being securely attached to the fastener support member.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An attachable clip device comprising: a shaft having a top end; a fastener support member being attached at said top end of said shaft; and a fastener being attached to said fastener support member; wherein said fastener support member includes a main portion, a bottom portion, and a top portion having a flat top surface, said shaft being attached to said bottom portion; wherein said fastener includes an arcuate jaw member having a first end attached to said fastener support member and at least one flange member attached to said jaw member; and wherein said arcuate jaw member is attached to a side surface of said fastener support member with one of said fastener being attached to said main portion and with the other of said arcuate jaw members being attached to said top portion.",
    "2. An attachable clip device as described in claim 1, wherein said fastener support member includes a tubular main portion, and also includes a skirt-shaped bottom portion, and further includes a disc-shaped top portion having a flat top surface, said shaft being attached to said skirt-shaped bottom portion.",
    "3. An attachable clip device as described in claim 2, wherein said fastener includes at least one arcuate jaw member having at least one first end being securely attached to said fastener support member, and also includes at least one flange member being attached to said at least one arcuate jaw member and being adapted to be grasped by a user's finger to bend and open said at least one arcuate jaw member.",
    "4. An attachable clip device comprising; a shaft having a top end; a fastener support member being attached at said top end of said shaft; and a fastener being securely attached to said fastener support member; wherein said fastener support member includes a tubular main portion, and also includes a skirt-shaped bottom portion, and further includes a disc-shaped top portion having a flat top surface, said shaft being attached to said skirt-shaped bottom portion; wherein said fastener includes at least one arcuate jaw member having at least one first end being securely attached to said fastener support member, and also includes at least one flange member being attached to said at least one arcuate jaw member and being adapted to be grasped by a user's finger to bend and open said at least one arcuate jaw member; wherein said at least one arcuate jaw member is attached to a side of said fastener support member with one of said arcuate jaw members being attached to said tubular main portion and with the other of said arcuate jaw members being attached to the disc-shaped top portion.",
    "5. An attachable clip device as described in claim 4, wherein said at least one arcuate jaw member includes a pair of opposed arcuate jaw members having second ends, and said at least one flange member includes a pair of flange members being attached to said second ends of said arcuate jaw members and being spreadably and biasedly engaged to and one another.",
    "6. An attachable clip device comprising: a shaft having a top end and having a length of approximately {fraction (45/100)} of an inch; a fastener support member being attached at said top end of said shaft said fastener support member including a tubular main portion, and also including a skirt-shaped bottom portion, and further including a disc-shaped top portion having a flat top surface said shaft being attached to said skirt-shaped bottom portion, said fastener support member having a length of approximately {fraction (46/100)} of an inch; and a fastener being securely attached to said fastener support member, said fastener including at least one arcuate jaw member having at least one first end being securely attached to said fastener support member for holding an object, and also including at least one flange member being attached to said at least one arcuate jaw member and being adapted to be grasped by a user's finger to bend and open said at least one arcuate jaw member; wherein said at least one arcuate jaw member is attached to a side of said fastener support member with one of said arcuate jaw members being attached to said tubular main portion and with the other of said arcuate jaw members being attached to the disc-shaped top portion, said at least one arcuate jaw member including a pair of opposed arcuate jaw members having second ends, and said at least one flange member includes a pair of flange members being attached to said second ends of said arcuate jaw members and being spreadably and biasedly engaged to and one another.",
    "7. An attachable clip device as described in claim 1, wherein said at least one arcuate jaw member includes a pair of opposed arcuate jaw members having second ends, and said at least one flange member includes a pair of flange members being attached to said second ends of said arcuate jaw members and being spreadably and biasedly engaged to and one another."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to tackable fasteners and more particularly pertains to a new attachable clip device for allowing items to be hung from a pushpin. 2. Description of the Prior Art The use of tackable fasteners is known in the prior art. More specifically, tackable fasteners heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,995,821; 3,861,631; 3,513,747; 2,631,804; 5,549,234; and U.S. Patent No. Des. 310,954. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new attachable clip device. The inventive device includes a shaft having a top end; and also includes a fastener support member being attached at the top end of the shaft; and further includes a fastener being securely attached to the fastener support member.\n\nIn these respects, the attachable clip device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing items to be hung from a pushpin.",
  "cpc": [
    "B43M 15/00",
    "F16B 45/00"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B43M 15/00",
    "F16B 45/00"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "ZANZUCCHI JOHN T"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2001-05-04",
  "publication_date": "2002-09-03",
  "grant_date": "2002-09-03",
  "priority_date": "2001-05-04",
  "application_number": "US-84942601-A",
  "family_id": "25305747",
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