Cord management clip
View Patent ↗A clip is used to manage cords. The clip features a containment sleeve with a portion thereof being open, thereby forming a gap for passage into the sleeve, and extending outward as two opposing flanges. A cord is passed through the gap so as to reside in the sleeve and the flanges are used to interface with a rigid wire found in the environment of the cord. The clip has particular use in wire-constructed merchandizers and other such structures and for managing cords to provide power for lighting and other display enhancement devices.
1. A cord management clip comprising:
a. a hollow cylindrical containment sleeve defining a circumference, a length terminating at first and second ends, and a volume, with an opening along its entire length in its circumference, said opening in the circumference defining two opposed edges of the containment sleeve and providing access into the volume within the containment sleeve;
b. two opposing flanges, each extending from one of the opposed edges of the containment sleeve with one flange located proximate the first end of the containment sleeve and one flange located proximate the second end of the containment sleeve, both flanges curving in a manner to extend over the slit opening and defining two structure gripping arms located above and discrete from the containment sleeve;
c. the opposing flanges each having a length less than half the length of the containment sleeve, such that an orthogonal gap is defined in a region between the flanges, said gap not extending into the cylindrical containment sleeve;
wherein a cord may first be passed through the opening and into the volume of the containment sleeve and then wire may be positioned in the gap between the flanges at an orthogonal relationship to the containment sleeve and the cord management clip is then twisted so that the containment sleeve may be brought into a parallel relationship with the wire while the flanges interact with said wire to secure the clip to the wire.