Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including fastener for attaching to external surface
Patent
1991-05-20
1993-04-13
Thomas, Alexander S.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including fastener for attaching to external surface
428 99, 428 31, 24292, 24297, 293128, B32B 306
Patent
active
052021726
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure relates to a plastic reveal molding and retainer assembly for attachment to an apertured side body or door panel of an automotive vehicle. The retainer has a planar bottom portion which can be readily attached to the panel, a pair of deflectable end portions which are integrally connected to the bottom portion via living hinges and a deflectable barbed fastener integral with the bottom portion and projecting transversely therefrom. The molding is elongated, has an arcuate shape, as viewed in cross section, and has pairs of spaced chordally extending flanges adjacent its opposite ends and a pair of spaced apertured flanges at its center. The molding is attached to the retainer by moving the same thereover so that the end portion of the retainers are captured between the pairs of chordally extending flanges and so that the central flanges are snap fitted over the barbed fastener with a force fit to hold the molding in place. The end portions of the retainer each have a ferrule which is received through an aperture in the panel when the molding is assembled thereto. Threaded fasteners are then screwed into the ferrule from the back surface of the panel to pull the end portions of the retainer and the molding ends into tight engagement with the front surface of the panel.
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General Motors Corporation
Schuetz William A.
Thomas Alexander S.
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