US 12,329,080 B2
Plant support clip
J. Todd Grayson, McComb, OH (US)
Assigned to CRUSHPROOF TUBING CO., McComb, OH (US)
Filed by CRUSHPROOF TUBING CO., McComb, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/392,100.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/434,347, filed on Dec. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206408 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 9/12 (2006.01); F16B 2/22 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/128 (2013.01) [F16B 2/22 (2013.01); A01G 9/122 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant support device, comprising:
a first clip portion having a tab receiver and a first projecting portion, the tab receiver including an aperture therethrough, the first projecting portion extending outwardly from the first clip portion; and
a second clip portion having a tab and a second projecting portion, the tab configured to be received by the tab receiver of the first clip portion, the second projecting portion extending outwardly from the second clip portion,
wherein:
the first clip portion and the second clip portion are configured to provide an open position and a closed position, the closed position defined by the tab being disposed through the tab receiver,
the first projecting portion is configured to provide a first holding position when the first clip portion and the second clip portion is in the closed position and the second projecting portion is configured to provide a second holding position when the first clip portion and the second clip portion is in the closed position,
the first projecting portion extends outwardly from the first clip portion towards the tab receiver,
the first projecting portion includes a first tip pointed towards the tab receiver,
the second projecting portion extends outwardly from the second clip portion towards the tab,
the second projecting portion includes a second tip pointed towards the tab,
the second clip portion includes a third projecting portion extending outwardly from the second clip portion towards the tab,
the third projecting portion includes a third tip pointed towards the tab,
the third projecting portion is configured to provide a third holding position when the first clip portion and the second clip portion is in the closed position,
the second clip portion includes a plurality of ridges,
the plurality of ridges includes a first set of ridges spaced from a second set of ridges by a curved portion of the second clip portion,
each of the ridges of the first set of ridges extend along an entirety of an interior of the second clip portion from a first edge to a second edge,
each of the ridges of the second set of ridges extend along an entirety of an interior of the second clip portion from a first edge to a second edge.