Closure fasteners – Bolts – Spring arm
Patent
1993-04-02
1994-09-20
Gall, Lloyd A.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Spring arm
292 87, 292 91, 292DIG38, E05C 1906
Patent
active
053483561
ABSTRACT:
A hidden, releasable latch for a molded plastic enclosure having a first panel abutting a second panel along a seam. The first panel has a pressure bump on its inside surface a first distance from the seam, and a projecting tang on its inside surface at a further distance from the seam. The second panel has a tab from its inside surface projecting inside, parallel and spaced from the inside surface of the first panel, the tab contacting the pressure bump, and capturing the projecting tang in a hole within the tab. The tab is flexible enough for slight deflection during the capturing of the tang by the hole during an assembly process, and the releasing of the tang by movement of the tab from pressure from the pressure bump during a disassembly process.
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Gall Lloyd A.
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