Paddle Clip

摘要

A paddle clip for securing a paddle to a user and thus allowing the user to free his hands for other tasks. The paddle clip has an elongated back plate and a flexible resilient rounded bottom section with a trough configured to accommodate a cylindrical shaft of a paddle. The shaft of the paddle can be squeezed into the clip with one hand. In addition, using only one hand, the fingers can lift open the clip to release the paddle. A flat front section of the clip has a thumb opening large enough for a thumb or a finger to pass through to press downward and thus release paddle shaft onto the other fingers of the same hand.

主权项

1. A paddle clip formed from a sheet of resilient material, the paddle clip comprising:
a) a flat back plate; b) a rounded top section extending from the flat back plate; c) a front section that extends from the rounded top section; and d) rounded bottom section extending from the front section and forming a trough, the trough having a distal end and the rounded bottom section forming an opening between the distal end of the rounded bottom section and the flat back plate, the trough having a radius of curvature that is substantially similar to the radius of a paddle to be held by the paddle clip;  wherein the resilient material allows the rounded bottom section to move laterally away from the flat back plate to let a shaft of a paddle slip through the opening past the distal end of the round bottom section, the resilience of the resilient material being such that clip is urged back into its original shape to close the opening sufficiently to capture the shaft of the paddle within the trough.