US PATENT SUBCLASS 24 / 530
.~ Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on, resilient member

Current as of: June, 1999
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24 /   HD   BUCKLES, BUTTONS, CLASPS, ETC.

455  DF  CLASP, CLIP, SUPPORT-CLAMP, OR REQUIRED COMPONENT THEREOF {17}
530.~ Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on, resilient member {8}
531  DF  .~.~> Integrally combined, independently operable, diverse clasps, clips, or support-clamps
532  DF  .~.~> With specific means for mounting to flaccid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured {1}
535  DF  .~.~> With operator for moving biased engaging face {1}
542  DF  .~.~> With position locking-means for engaging faces {2}
545  DF  .~.~> Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material {6}
564  DF  .~.~> Having specific surface material or irregularity on or along engaging face
565  DF  .~.~> Having specific handle structure
566  DF  .~.~> Including resilient biasing wire {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 24/530

Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on, resilient member:

(under subclass 455) Clasp*, clip*, or support-clamp* having a gripping member which either (a) is formed from a single piece of resilient* material having opposed engaging surfaces thereon which are moved into or out of engagement with the structure-to-be-secured* and relative to each other by the resiliency of the material, (b) is formed from a single piece of resilient* material with an engaging surface which coacts against and is attached to a separate gripping member having an opposed engaging surface which is moved into or out of engagement with the structure-to-be-secured* and relative to the first engaging surface by the resiliency of the material, or (c) is provided with an engaging surface and resiliently urged (i.e., biased) against or attached to a separate, relatively movable gripping member and its opposed engaging

surface by a separate element made of resilient* material applying a force moving the opposed engaging surfaces into or out of gripping engagement with the structure-to-be-secured*.

(1) Note. While a broad disclosure of resiliency is sufficient for placement hereunder, a gripping member not clearly disclosed as being formed from, or mounted on, a resilient* member (e.g., such disclosure absent from a specification with no movement shown of an engaging surface relative to an opposed engaging surface during operation) has been placed as an original elsewhere under subclass 455 (e.g., 570+, if formed of a single piece of material) and discretionally cross-referenced to this subclass or its indented subclasses.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

462, 470+, 482, 499+, and 523, for other types of resiliently formed or biased gripping members.

485, for independently operable resilient* clasp*, clips*, or support-clamps* connected by specifically shaped, nongripping, rigid* structure.

900.1, for resilient* shirt collar holders.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 269, Work Holders, particularly

254, for bias type means actuating a movable jaw for holding an object which is being worked upon.