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Voting ended onOct 7, 2025

curious about y'all's opinions on what my chip clip is supposed to be

#Polls #Tumblr Polls #My Polls #chip clips #<-why not lol #I can't remember what the packaging said and it's been years so I can't even find any direct equivalents for sale anymore

Okay, so lots of us have little spring-loaded clips to hold bags closed, and they come in a bunch of different styles and shapes and are basically in every grocery, right? Half of the ones in the cabinet came from college and we probably picked them up in shared housing when roommates moved out.

This one is from 1991 and has patent numbers. I noticed because it broke and I whipped up a new one real quick in TinkerCAD and 3D-printed a replacement partly because I could and partly because the spring and grippy bits (both removed in the photos) were in fine shape.

Guardsman Products, Inc. of Grand Rapids, Michigan was founded in 1963, and seem to be gone, though there were enough reorganisations and re-foundings to be unsure about whether it was 1993, 1995, or 1998. They appear to have several different type of clip products including Chip Clip, such as Cereal Clip, in case you weren't aware you could use the same clip for more than just chips.

The first patent (ending in 791) was applied for by Francis R. Groth on May 26th, 1981. The idea that this idea had an associated patent just kind of astounds me. It builds upon the lower patent (ending in 600), an earlier patent from 1980, which includes an image which looks a lot like a clothespin with two chopsticks attached. Both are long expired, but still assigned to Guardsman Products.

It's a little weird to me that something that strikes me as this obvious was novel enough to earn not one but two patents, but... looks like it was. Everything starts somewhere, I guess, and in 1980, the whole idea was apparently pretty darned new.

#oldphemera #ephemera #bag clips #chip clips #everything starts somewhere i guess

There are many things wrong with the world today, but also today in my house there is a bag of sour cream and onion chips using the green chip clip; a bag of sour cream and cheddar chips using the orange chip clip; and a bag of BBQ chips using the red chip clip. So I have that going for me.

#cw food mention #chip clips #aesthetics #matching colors

Tip for building your first kitchen: bag clips are endlessly useful for all sorts of food storage, but the ones in the kitchen section are crap.

Don’t buy shit like this:

Get vice clamps from the hardware store/section instead. They’re stronger, safer, more durable, and you can use them for more things:

They come in a lot of kinds - Home Depot often has cheaper ones than Lowe’s that don’t have the orange safety grips. They come in all sizes and are WAY better for gripping bags that are getting tossed around a freezer

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#tips for a kitchen #adulting #musings #text #chip clips #bag clips #new home

My husband is relentless. I was prepared to shift gears from reviewing kitchen gadgets and tell you about a number of outdoor solar lighting I’ve found. Though, he’s asked, no begged, that I must not give up writing about the kitchen area until I’ve told you about his much loved thing ever. The OXO magnetic general chip clips! Read the content to identify about the Chip Clips Galore.

#refrigerator magnets #OXO magnetic general chip clips #kitchen gadgets #Chip Clips