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An apparatus includes an elongate member having opposed ends, and identical first and second grip units. The first grip unit is joined to the second grip unit to form a gripping member that circumscribes a section of the elongate member between the opposed ends of the elongate member. Clip tabs are

An apparatus includes an elongate member having opposed ends, and identical first and second grip units. The first grip unit is joined to the second grip unit to form a gripping member that circumscribes a section of the elongate member between the opposed ends of the elongate member. Clip tabs are formed in the first and second grip units, respectively, which extend past the elongate member and snap into corresponding openings in the respective first and second grip units in response to movement of the first grip unit in a direction toward the second grip unit and that is normal with respect to the second grip unit and to the elongate member.

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Having described my invention in such terms as to enable those of skill in the art to make and practice it, and having described the presently prefferd enbodiments thereof, I claim: 1. Apparatus, comprising:an elongate member having opposed ends;a first integral grip unit;a second integral grip unit

Having described my invention in such terms as to enable those of skill in the art to make and practice it, and having described the presently prefferd enbodiments thereof, I claim: 1. Apparatus, comprising:an elongate member having opposed ends;a first integral grip unit;a second integral grip unit;means, forming part of and formed integrally with the first and second grip units, snappedly joining the first grip unit to the second grip unit to form a gripping member that circumscribes a section of the elongate member between the opposed ends of the elongate member; the means comprisingclip tabs on the first and second grip units, respectively, that extend past the elongate member to outer ends formed with first lips on either side of the elongate member which snap into corresponding second lips formed in notches in the respective first and second grip units in response to movement of the first grip unit in a direction toward the second grip unit and that is normal with respect to the second grip unit and to the elongate member forming snap couplings between the first lips of the clip tabs and the second lips formed in the notches snappedly joining the first grip unit to the second grip unit locking the first grip unit to the second grip unit to form the gripping member;the first lips of the clip tabs on the first grip unit face inwardly toward the first grip unit and face inwardly toward and are received by the second lips of the notches of the second grip unit defining the snap couplings between the first lips of the clip tabs on the first grip unit and the second lips of the notches of the second grip unit, and the first lips of the clip tabs on the second grip unit face inwardly toward the second grip unit and face inwardly toward and are received by the second lips of the notches of the first grip unit defining the snap couplings between the first lips of the clip tabs on the second grip unit and the second lips of the notches of the first grip unit;the first and second grip units, including the means formed therein, being identical.