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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Agnete Enga, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Kirsten Climer, New York, NY (US);
Michael Lawrence Schumann, New York, NY (US);
Jonathan Newman Cedar, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Agnete Enga, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Kirsten Climer, New York, NY (US);
Michael Lawrence Schumann, New York, NY (US);
Jonathan Newman Cedar, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Staples The Office Superstore, LLC, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for releasably securing to a support surface, such as a cork board, bulletin board and/or cubicle wall is provided. The device has a body, at least one pin movably coupled to the body for securing the body to a support surface, and an actuator coupled to the body and arranged to move the pin between a first position and a second position. The body may have a cavity and the pin may be movable between a first position where the pin is recessed within the cavity and a second position where the pin protrudes out of the cavity for securing the body to a support surface. In one embodiment, the device is a clip for releasably holding an object, such as paper, to the support device.