US PATENT SUBCLASS 24 / 546
.~.~.~ Piece totally forms clasp, clip, or support-clamp and has shaped, wirelike, or bandlike configuration with uniform cross section throughout its length

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24 /   HD   BUCKLES, BUTTONS, CLASPS, ETC.

455  DF  CLASP, CLIP, SUPPORT-CLAMP, OR REQUIRED COMPONENT THEREOF {17}
530  DF  .~ Having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on, resilient member {8}
545  DF  .~.~ Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material {6}
546.~.~.~ Piece totally forms clasp, clip, or support-clamp and has shaped, wirelike, or bandlike configuration with uniform cross section throughout its length {6}
547  DF  .~.~.~.~> Opposed faces located in and bias towards common plane in nonuse position
548  DF  .~.~.~.~> Resilient gripping member having tightly twisted portion
549  DF  .~.~.~.~> Resilient gripping member having coiled portion {1}
551  DF  .~.~.~.~> Relatively movable segments of resilient gripping member contact and cross in nonuse position {2}
555  DF  .~.~.~.~> Terminal end of resilient member having engagement or disengagement enhancing structural modifications
556  DF  .~.~.~.~> Having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face

DEFINITION

Classification: 24/546

Piece totally forms clasp, clip or support-clamp and has shaped, wirelike or bandlike configuration with uniform cross section throughout its length:

(under subclass 545) Clasp*, clip*, or support-clamp* completely constructed from the resilient* body which has (a) a strandlike or thin, striplike form and (b) a constant, uninterrupted, transverse cross section from one end to the other end of the form.

(1) Note. To have continuous or uninterrupted transverse cross section there must not be any cut outs of holes in the resilient* member although a minor (i.e., very small or unclaimed) amount of corner rounding on rectangular or similar cross-sections is permissible. Surface indentations or cuts which interrupt the cross-section are not considered proper hereunder. A bandlike configuration may be wider than it is long.

(2) Note. While the resilient* gripping member must be formed from a single piece it may have decorative buttons or the like attached thereto provided they do not affect the operation of the clasp*, clip*, or support-clamp.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

545+, for a single resilient* gripping member of varying cross sections, having cut outs or holes, having an endless ringlike body, or having structure which aids in the grasping of the structure-to-be-secured* or the actuation of the gripping member.

570+, for a single rigid* gripping member which grasps a deformable structure-to-be-secured*.