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A low-profile, durable mounting clip is provided for holding personal devices (such as personal electronic devices). The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted "L" shaped configuration including a foot portion having engagement elements for attachment to corresponding engagement elements on

A low-profile, durable mounting clip is provided for holding personal devices (such as personal electronic devices). The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted "L" shaped configuration including a foot portion having engagement elements for attachment to corresponding engagement elements on a housing of a personal device. A leg portion provides for attachment to an undergarment or other suitable article of clothing. A heel portion located between and connecting the leg portion and foot portion allows the foot portion to flexibly and durably retract from the housing for attachment. The mounting clip may include a snap tab beam locking mechanism having a barb for interlocking with a bump provided on the housing or a rotatable cam locking mechanism having one or more radial snap tabs having engagement elements for engaging corresponding surfaces on the mounting clip. Rotation of the rotatable cam locks and unlocks the mounting clip onto the housing.

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A low-profile, durable mounting clip is provided for holding personal devices (such as personal electronic devices). The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted "L" shaped configuration including a foot portion having engagement elements for attachment to corresponding engagement elements on

A low-profile, durable mounting clip is provided for holding personal devices (such as personal electronic devices). The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted "L" shaped configuration including a foot portion having engagement elements for attachment to corresponding engagement elements on a housing of a personal device. A leg portion provides for attachment to an undergarment or other suitable article of clothing. A heel portion located between and connecting the leg portion and foot portion allows the foot portion to flexibly and durably retract from the housing for attachment. The mounting clip may include a snap tab beam locking mechanism having a barb for interlocking with a bump provided on the housing or a rotatable cam locking mechanism having one or more radial snap tabs having engagement elements for engaging corresponding surfaces on the mounting clip. Rotation of the rotatable cam locks and unlocks the mounting clip onto the housing. plurality of storage locations of the data shift register. 4. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein a system receiving said output message is configured to poll said status bits at regular intervals. 5. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein the at least one status bit indicates that at least one of the plurality of storage locations of the data shift register has no valid data to be transmitted. 6. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein the data shift register is operatively coupled to a test access port controller operating in accordance with IEEE standard 1149.1-1990. 7. The data shift register according to claim 6, wherein the test access port controller implements all required instructions of IEEE standard 1149.1-1990. 8. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein said shifting means shifts out the plurality of status bits in response to a request received from a system requesting said status bits. 9. The data shift register according to claim 1, further comprising means for shifting, into the data shift register, a plurality of status bits, at least one of which indicating whether an input message is available to be transmitted to the shift register from an external system. 10. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein one or more status bits each indicate that one or more valid data words are stored in one or more of the plurality of locations of the data shift register, and the data shift register further comprises means, responsive to at least one of the one or more status bits, for shifting out only the one or more valid data words. 11. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein the data shift register is part of an integrated circuit that generates the output message, wherein the data shift register of the integrated circuit is capable of being operatively coupled to an external system, and wherein the means for shifting the plurality of status bits is responsive to a request by the external system. 12. An integrated circuit comprising the data shift register according to claim 1. 13. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of status bits are located at an output end of the data shift register. 14. The data shift register according to claim 1, wherein said shifting means shifts out the plurality status bits only a number of times corresponding to a number of the plurality of status bits to be shifted. 15. A method of communicating information between an integrated circuit and an external system, the integrated circuit including an associated data shift register, the method comprising steps of: shifting a plurality of status bits, at least one of which indicating whether an output message stored in the shift register is available to be transmitted to the external system, wherein only the status bits are shifted out of the data shift register in response to a request by the external system. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein at least one of the status bits indicates if an input buffer associated with the data register is full. 17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the at least one status bit indicates that a valid data word is stored is a storage location of the data shift register. 18. The method according to claim 15, wherein said shifting step is performed at regular intervals. 19. The method according to claim 15, wherein at least one status bit indicates that a location of the data shift register has no valid data to be transmitted, and the method comprises shifting out only valid data to the external system. 20. The method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of shifting out, in response to receiving the status bits by the external system, one or more valid data words of the data shift register. 21. The method according to claim 15, wherein at least one of the status bits indicates that one or more valid data words are stored in the data shift register and the method fur