Chip Bag Clips

Inspiration hit me yesterday at a quarter past nine of the good clock. I was sat upon the upper deck of a boat which is licensed to sell alcohol to visitors from its mooring upon the Thames. One of my colleagues was leaving our company so we were spending the evening saying goodbye and sharing fond memories over a few drinks and a lesser number of bags of crisps (chips), gently rocking to and fro upon the river’s steady flow.

When the crisps were exhausted, the bags sat upon the wooden table where the wind would occasionally cause them to flutter. Each time a gust would catch a packet, someone would manage to send a hand in that direction to head it off but, as the night drew in, our reactions deteriorated and wind grew stronger. Some of us would use an ashtray or empty glass as a crude plastic-weight and others tried to jam the packets between the wooden slats of the table but both these approaches were far from ideal and quite often a packet would do a Steve McQueen.

My suggestion then is a flat clip, fastened to the top of the table, near the centre, which could be used to snare an empty packet. The clip would be similar to a money clip, quite flat but with a slight curve at the opening to make inserting a packet a one-handed operation.