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C22. BOOK: Daniel Konstanski, The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon (Unbound, 2022), p. 74-75.

The answer ended up being a hand with two slightly curved sides extending out like claws. Their angles were set such that a single stud component could be clicked into place on the top while bars could be slid in between and held firmly by the protrusions. They were dubbed claw hands.

Origin of the term 'claw hands'.