Single clip disposable applicator

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FOR USE WITH CLIPS FORMED OF A FLAT STRIP HAVING SPACED ARMS INTERCONNECTED AT ONE END PORTION AND BY A DEFORMABLE BAIL AND HAVING SPURS EXTENDING INWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS EACH OTHER FROM THE OPPOSITE UNCONNECTED FREE END PORTIONS OF THE ARMS, A CLIP HOLDER AND APPLICATOR COMPRISING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED APART ARMS INTERCONNECTED AT ONE END AND FORMED OF A MATERIAL WHICH ENABLES DEFORMATION FOR DISPLACEMENT OF THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID ARMS IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS RESPECTIVELY, RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLICATION OF LATERAL PRESSURE, SAID ARMS BEING RECESSED IN THE UNDERSIDE FROM THE FORWARD END PORTION REARWARDLY FOR A DISTANCE WHICH IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE CLIP, A GROOVE EXTENDING AS A CONTINUATION FROM THE REARWARD END PORTION OF THE RECESS AND SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RECESSED PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS AND DIMENSIONED TO HAVE A DEPTH AT LEAST CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LENGTH OF THE RECESSED PORTION AND THE LENGTH OF THE CLIP AND A WIDTH GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE CLIP TO RECEIVE THE BAIL PORTION OF THE CLIP IN SLIDING RELATIONSHIP THEREIN FOR SUPPORT OF THE CLIP ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ARMS, AND ABUTMENTS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE UNCONNECTED FREE END PORTIONS OF THE ARMS INTO THE RECESSED PORTIONS OF THE ARMS WITH THE ABUTMENT IN ONE ARM SEPARATED LATERALLY FROM THE ABUTMENT IN THE OTHER BY AN AMOUNT SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE CORRESPONDING CROSSWISE DIMENSION OF THE CLIP AND WITH THE ABUTMENTS SPACED FORWARDLY FROM THE BASE OF THE GROOVE BY AN AMOUNT SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE CLIP TO POSITION THE ABUTMENTS ADJACENT THE LATERAL EDGES OF THE FORWARD END POSITION OF THE CLIP WHEN IN POSITION OF USE.