Abstract: A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg portion of the adjacent U-shaped clip. Each clip has two spaced apertures through the arcuate crown portion and at least one upstanding tab adjacent the edge of each aperture into which a non-metal elongate flexible connector is inserted and secured by folding the tab or tabs downwardly over the top of the aperture. Alternative embodiments of sheet metal clips and methods of collating an array of such clips are disclosed.

Abstract: A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg portion of the adjacent U-shaped clip. Each clip has two spaced apertures through the arcuate crown portion and at least one upstanding tab adjacent the edge of each aperture into which a non-metal elongate flexible connector is inserted and secured by folding the tab or tabs downwardly over the top of the aperture.

Abstract: A collated stack of U-shaped sheet metal clips, each of which has an arcuate crown portion and first and second parallel leg portions depending from the crown portion. The first leg portion of each clip is juxtaposed immediately adjacent the second leg portion of the adjacent U-shaped clip. Each clip has two parallel slots through the arcuate crown portion and at least one upstanding tab adjacent the edge of each slot into which a non-metal elongate flexible connector is inserted and secured by folding the tab or tabs downwardly over the top of the slot.

Abstract: An improved sheet metal clip is interconnected in a collated stack of clips with a plastic rope inserted within slots on each side edge of each clip. Each clip is generally U-shaped having a crown portion with a pair of parallel spaced leg portions depending from the crown portion. The rope is inserted within slots formed in the side edges of each clip. The preferred embodiments of the improved clip include slots which are obliquely angled relative to the side edge of the clip, slots which are in a keyhole configuration having a narrowed throat portion and an enlarged opening, and slots which are both obliquely angled and in the keyhole configuration. The rope can be retained within the slots by deflecting a tab section of the crown portion to enclose the rope within the slot or by sizing the rope to be larger in diameter than the width of the narrowed throat portion of the keyhole slot and to be retained within the enlarged circular opening portion of the keyhole slot.