Clip with flexible locking arms

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6216986
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09420261

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The clip includes two locking arms with proximal segments joining the outer periphery, distal segments forming a tube pocket, and hinge elements between the proximal segments and the distal segments. The distal segments include outwardly turned locking elements. An interior frame joined to said outer periphery includes locking pockets complementary to the locking elements. A tube pocket is formed between the distal segments of the locking arms and a portion of the interior frame. As the distal segments of the locking arms flex outwardly in response to the insertion of a tubular element, the outwardly turned locking elements are urged into the locking pockets.

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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC155 HARLEM AVENUE GLENVIEW IL 60025

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Kwilosz, Mark J Frankfurt, IL 7 112

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