Joints and connections – Member ends joined by inserted section – Fluted or splined section
Patent
1989-03-03
1992-07-07
Cuomo, Peter M.
Joints and connections
Member ends joined by inserted section
Fluted or splined section
403108, 403300, 403328, F16B 714
Patent
active
051277620
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an easily assembled connector for handle sections of a wheeled appliance in which the connector is formed from a plastic having an agressive memory for enabling a pair of opposed tab members thereon formed from the same material to cooperate with respective apertures in the handle members to be joined or connected. The handle members are slip-fitted the one onto the other with the connector occupying a reinforcing position on the inside surface of the end of the innermost handle member in one embodiment and, according to another embodiment in which the connector housing comprises two half portions, joins the handle members in an abutting relationship. In this latter embodiment both halves of the connector are additionally provided with rib portions which facilitate sliding movement of the connector within the interior surface of the respective handle members; also, one half of the connector has slightly higher rib portions than the other half, so that the higher-ribbed half then becomes that part of the connector which requires a press fit into one of the handle members, this last fit intended to be performed at the factory.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Republic Tool & Mfg. Corp.
Williams Harry
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