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Abstract

Disclosed is a clamp for securing a round article to a support plate. The clamp includes a generally channel-shaped body having a clip which cooperates with one of the legs of the body to retain the article in the channel opening. The clip has a head having an arcuate surface engageable with a surface portion carried by the other leg of the channel-shaped body to prevent removal of the article from the clamp upon application of a tensile force on the article in the direction of the clamp opening. To remove the article, the clip is manually displaced toward the base of the channel body to open the clamp. In another embodiment, a pair of clips lie in opposition one to the other and each clip cooperates with a surface portion carried by a corresponding leg of the clamp to preclude removal of the article from the clamp upon application of a tensile force in a direction tending to remove the article from the clamp through its opening.

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