Clips for textile articles

Claim 1

IN A CLIP FOR TEXTILE ARTICLES; A PLATE WITH RESILIENT PROPERTIES; THERE BEING A U-SHAPED OPENING IN SAID PLATE; A TONGUE IN SAID OPENING; SAID TONGUE HAVING A BOTTOM EDGE, A TOP EDGE OPPOSITE TO THE BOTTOM EDGE AND TWO SIDE EDGES; THE BOTTOM EDGE BEING CONNECTED TO THE PLATE AND THE UPPER EDGE ENGAGING THE ADJACENT EDGE OF SAID OPENING; THERE BEING A STEPPED RECESS IN SAID ADJACENT EDGE; SAID TONGUE BEING ADAPTED TO ABUT WITH A SIDE THEREOF AGAINST A FIRST SURFACE OF SAID RECESS, SAID FIRST SURFACE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID PLATE AND SAID TONGUE; SAID TONGUE BEING FURTHER ADAPTED TO ABUT WITH THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF AGAINST A SECOND SURFACE OF SAID RECESS, SAID SECOND SURFACE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PLATE AND SAID TONGUE; SAID PLATE BEING FOLDABLE ALONG FOLDING LINES OR GROOVES THEREIN; SAID FOLDING LINES OR GROOVES BEING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE EXTENSIONS OF SAID ADJACENT EDGE OF SAID OPENING AT THE SIDES OF THE LATTER; SAID SECOND SURFACE OF SAID RECESS BEING SO LATERALLY DISPLACED IN ITS OWN PLANE, PERPENDICULARLY TO THE PLANE OF SAID PLATE, THAT SAID UPPER EDGE OF SAID TONGUE IS PRESSED AGAINST SAID SECOND SURFACE WHEN SAID PLATE IS BENT IN ONE DIRECTION ALONG SAID FOLDING LINES, AND REMOVED FROM SAID SECOND SURFACE WHEN SAID PLATE IS BENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.