Closure fasteners – Bolts – Loops
Patent
1987-07-15
1989-01-31
Moore, Richard E.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Loops
292DIG38, 292DIG14, 292DIG49, E05C 1910
Patent
active
048011657
ABSTRACT:
A latch for releaseably securing one body portion, such as a hood, to another body portion, such as a cowl, of a semi-tractor or the like. One of the body portions has a hook member mounted thereon and the other carrys a securing device. The latch is of one-piece molded construction comprising an elongate elastomeric member having a handle at one end, an opening therein adjacent the handle and a tongue in the opening extending from the handle toward the other end, the handle and tongue being integral with the elongate member. The free end of the tongue is adapted for engaging the hook member, and an opening is provided at the other end of the elongate member for connection to the securing device. The free end of the tongue is spaced from the opening a distance less than the distance the hook member is spaced from the securing device when the two body portions are adjacent one another and the elongate member is untensioned. The tongue of the elongate member is adapted to be brought overcenter with respect to the plane of the elongate member when the handle is pushed toward the body portion on which the hook means is mounted while the tongue is engaging the hook means thereby tensioning the elongate member and securing together the two body members.
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Buckhorn Rubber Products, Inc.
Moore Richard E.
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