Clip for attaching sheet material to a body panel

Details Clip for attaching sheet material to a body panel Clip for attaching sheet material to a body panel

1994-08-02

1996-04-23

Sakran, Victor N.

Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.

Trim molding fastener

Plastic type

24289, 24453, 411508, A44B 1700, F16B 2100

Patent

active

055091822

ABSTRACT:
A clip 1 has a head 2 and an engagement portion 3, and the head and the engagement portion is connected via a pair of arms 4, 4 which form a flange when hinges 5 in the middle thereof are bent radially outwardly. The clip can be fixed to a carpet 18 and the engagement portion is to be attached to a panel such as a vehicle body. The head 2 has a large-diameter flange 7 the surface of which has no hole and which presses a surface of the carpet, and a shank 8 extending from the flange downwardly to an extent that is the same as the thickness of the carpet. The engagement portion 3 has an engagement pawl 12 to engage with hooks hanging down from the head flange 7 when the engagement pawl is pressed onto the shank of the head 2, and an engagement portion shank 15 passing through a panel hole to bend radially.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4122583 (1978-10-01), Grittner et al.
patent: 4312614 (1982-01-01), Palmer et al.
patent: 4890966 (1990-01-01), Umezawa
patent: 4920618 (1990-05-01), Iguchi
patent: 5291639 (1994-03-01), Baum et al.

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