F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – B
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
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F16B 13/08 (2006.01) B60R 13/02 (2006.01) F16B 21/08 (2006.01) F16B 5/06 (2006.01) F16B 5/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2175508
A snap-in type fastener (100) is provided that is adapted to have an object such as automobile trim (24) secured hereto by a threaded member such as a screw (26) and which features a pair of opposed resilient fingers (14, 14') having a contoured cross- section enabling them to flatten as they are pressed into an aperture (32) in a panel (30) until free-ends (17,17') respectively of tabs (16,16') extending respectively therefrom spring or snaps outwardly to engage the opposite side of panel (30) to lockingly secure fastener 100 (and trim 24) to panel (30) while enabling fingers (14,14') to resume their original contoured cross-sectional configuration.
Clinch James Patrick
Danby Michael R.
Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Corporation Eaton
Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products (canada) Corp.
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