Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Clasp – clip – support-clamp – or required component thereof – Gripping member adapted for tool actuation or release
Patent
1982-09-22
1985-03-19
Lyddane, William E.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
Gripping member adapted for tool actuation or release
24535, 24568, 81 3R, 269254R, 280154, B62D 2516
Patent
active
045050104
ABSTRACT:
A spring clip particularly suitable for fixing a mud-flap to a motor vehicle has two legs interconnected by means of a base and is so formed that when relaxed the legs converge towards their free ends. A threaded bore is provided in one of the legs, in which may be threaded a screw to contact the other leg, such that the two legs may be thrust apart on further turning of the screw. The clip may then be fitted over a fender-fold against which a portion of a mud-flap lies, such that the mud-flap is securely held thereby. The leg contacted by the screw-end may have a contact depression formed therein to receive the screw-end, to prevent wandering thereof.
In an alternative embodiment, a separate U-shaped expanding tool is provided, one leg of which may engage one leg of the clip, and the other leg of which has a threaded bore in which a screw can be fitted, such that the screw may engage the other leg of the clip. In this way, the clip may be expanded externally, and hence fitted deeper into engagement with a fender-fold and mud-flap.
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Brittain James R.
Lyddane William E.
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