Material: nickel plated steel, clip knob in either steel or plastic color coded to size
Length: 5″
Hook sizes: US 00-14
Manufacturer: C. J. Bates & Son, Inc., Chester, Connecticut
Patent: 1952 US 2608076
Clipson Trademark: first used 1949
information on back of packaging
Knob colors for steel knobs – plastic knobs used a different color scheme
Size Color
00 brown
0 black
1 white
2 maroon
3 silver
4 orange
5 gray
6 dark blue
7 red
8 light blue
9 light violet
10 yellow
11 dark green
12 pink
13 dark violet
14 light green