Interior trim fastener system

Details Interior trim fastener system Interior trim fastener system

2006-07-28

2008-09-02

Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Glare screen or visor

C362S492000, C024S289000, C024S295000, C024S297000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07419206

ABSTRACT:
A quick connect fastener system is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a snap-in fastener is used for retaining an automotive vehicle interior trim member. A further aspect of the present invention employs a base and a resilient retainer, one of which includes a metallic portion and the other of which includes a polymeric portion. Moreover, a generally rigid polymeric base employs a channel operably receiving a metallic retainer in a laterally sliding manner to ease in assembly of the retainer to the base in an adhesive and screw-free manner.

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Drawings of sunvisor fastener from third party (Feb. 2006), 2 pages.
Drawing of Four Slide Inc. Sunvisor Clip for 2005 M.Y. KJ vehicle (believed to have been offered for sale prior to 2006).
Drawings of sunvisor fastener from third party (Mar. 2006), 4 pages.
Photograph of metallic sunvisor fastener having adhesively bonded soft gasket and adhesively bonded Mylar sheet (believed to have been offered for sale or publicly used prior to 2006), 2 pages.

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