Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Handle – handle component – or handle adjunct – Luggage-type
Patent
1989-03-13
1990-04-03
Godici, Nicholas P.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Handle, handle component, or handle adjunct
Luggage-type
16119, 16125, 16DIG19, 16DIG24, 16DIG40, 16DIG42, 296 71, A47B 9502, B60N 302, E05B 100
Patent
active
049128086
ABSTRACT:
An assist strap is provided for attachment within spaced apart apertures on a vehicle body. The strap has mounting portions at the end thereof which space the strap from the vehicle body. Attaching legs are provided on each of the mounting portions and are adapted to extend through the apertures, each of the attaching legs having a foot at the end thereof projecting toward the opposite end of the strap so that the space between the feet is less than the spacing between the spaced apart apertures. The strap is constructed to permit flexure of the strap inwardly toward the body so that the feet of the attaching legs spread further apart than the spaced apart apertures of the body to permit insertion of the feet into the apertures whereby subsequent return of the strap to the normal spaced relation from the body causes the feet to engage with the body and thereby attach the assist strap on the body without the need for fasteners. The attaching legs are prevented from subsequent dislodgment from the apertures by installing an escutcheon on the mounting portion with the escutcheon having a blocking leg installable into the aperture in interposition between the attaching leg and the body panel so that a subsequent flexure of the strap is unable to spread the feet of the attaching legs sufficiently apart to permit removal from the aperture.
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Andes William Scott
General Motors Corporation
Godici Nicholas P.
Leahy Charles E.
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