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An assembly of closely spaced attachments, a method of manufacturing an assembly of closely spaced attachments and a method of applying interleaved attachments to objects. The assembly has alternating attachments having different types of heads and having different lengths. The shorter attachments m

An assembly of closely spaced attachments, a method of manufacturing an assembly of closely spaced attachments and a method of applying interleaved attachments to objects. The assembly has alternating attachments having different types of heads and having different lengths. The shorter attachments may be subsequently stretched to engage the longer attachments. In this manner the spacing between attachments can be decreased. One result of using such an assembly with a conventional dispensing device is that the advancing mechanism of the device can advance attachments two at a time by only contacting a single position at every other attachment in the assembly.

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An assembly of attachments comprising a plurality of attachments having parts of a first type with enlarged faces, with each part joined by a elongated connector to a dispensing member; a plurality of attachments having parts of a second type with enlarged faces, different than said parts of said fi

An assembly of attachments comprising a plurality of attachments having parts of a first type with enlarged faces, with each part joined by a elongated connector to a dispensing member; a plurality of attachments having parts of a second type with enlarged faces, different than said parts of said first type, with each part joined by an elongated connector to a dispensing member; and means for integrally connecting said attachments to one another by way of their dispensing members; the attachments of said first type alternating with and immediately following those of said second type with their enlarged faces in different planes. The method of manufacturing an assembly of attachments which comprises the steps of: (a) molding a first attachment having a dispensing member with a connector extending to a further member at the opposite end of said connector; (b) molding a second attachment which is shorter than said first attachment and having a further member which is engageable with said further member of said first attachment and being joined to said first attachment; and (c) stretching said second attachment until its further member engages that of said first attachment. The method of applying attachments to objects which comprises the steps of (a) inserting a clip of attachments into a dispensing device, the clip including a first and second plurality of interleaved attachments selectively connected to a mounting element; (b) advancing and dispensing a first said one of said attachments; and (c) advancing and dispensing a succeeding one of said attachments; said advance of each first and succeeding attachments being made by contact of the advancing mechanism of said dispensing device with only a single position at every other attachment of said clip.