Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Headed fastener element with nut – washer – securing means or cap – Securing means pivotable about axis transverse to fastener...
Patent
1994-08-22
1996-05-07
Wilson, Neill R.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Headed fastener element with nut, washer, securing means or cap
Securing means pivotable about axis transverse to fastener...
411508, 411913, 24297, 296 392, F16B 1900, F16B 2100, B62D 3300
Patent
active
055139345
ABSTRACT:
A protective liner is secured to a truck cargo bed by a plurality of one-piece resilient fasteners each including a bearing plate and a clamp member. The bearing plate and clamp member are integrally formed with the clamp member extending perpendicularly from the bearing plate. A lever arm extends from a peripheral edge of the clamp member toward the bearing plate to a free end portion removed from contact with the base plate. The lever arm is normally spring biased downwardly away from the bearing plate. On installation the clamp member is projected through an opening in the liner with the peripheral edge sliding over the edge of the liner around the opening. As the clamp member advances through the opening, the lever arm slides on the liner edge and is urged upwardly toward the bearing plate to allow the clamp member to pass through the opening. The pivotal movement of the lever arm allows the bearing plate to be compressed against the liner without flexing the bearing plate relative to the clamp member. The lever arm springs downwardly into latching engagement with the edge of the liner around the opening to urge a pressure point at the upper peripheral edge of the clamp member against a rail flange of the cargo bed and apply a downward force upon the liner so that a cap of the liner is compressed on the top surface of the rail. The liner is compressed against the rail flange by opposing forces exerted by the bearing plate and the clamping member.
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