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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1985
William E Marynissen, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Thomas T Beeson, Fairfield, CT (US);
Thomas G Snell, Madison, CT (US);
BIC Corporation, Milford, CT (US);
Abstract
A clip assembly for an elongated instrument which includes a base portion, a resilient elongated member extending from the base portion and means extending from the base portion dimensioned for insertion into an aperture defined by the elongated instrument for snap-locking engagement therewith and attachment of the base portion thereto. In its preferred form the elongated instrument is a pen which includes a body member having a reservoir of writing medium and a writing tip, a cap member configured and dimensioned for mating engagement with the body member; and a clip. The clip includes a base portion, a resilient elongated member extending from the base portion; and means extending from the base portion configured and dimensioned for insertion into an aperture defined by the body or cap member of the writing instrument for snap-locking engagement therewith and attachment of the base portion thereto. The base portion and resilient elongated member are configured and dimensioned such that attachment of the base portion to the body or cap member of the writing instrument will retain the elongated member in generally parallel and sufficiently close proximity to the writing instrument for attachment of the writing instrument to wearing apparel or the like.