Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Trim molding fastener – Plastic type
Patent
1993-04-01
1994-03-08
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Trim molding fastener
Plastic type
24289, 24453, 411437, 411182, F16B 2100, A44B 1700
Patent
active
052916391
ABSTRACT:
A plastics push button for fastening an article such as trim strip or body panel to a motor body using weld studs attached to the surface of the motor body comprises a large circular retaining head at one end of a short, hollow cylindrical stem and a circular skirt at or near the other end of the stem, the diameter of the skirt being substantially equal to the diameter of mounting holes provided around a panel or at intervals along the length of a trim strip and the diameter of the head being greater than that of mounting holes, the skirt being provided with a plurality of protruding, resilient fringe members which can lightly engage the rim of a mounting hole and the bore of the cylindrical stem being provided with resilient fingers which can engage the projections of a weld stud when the push button is pressed through a mounting hole so that the cylindrical head abuts the top surface of the article and the cylindrical stem passes through the mounting hole and is pressed over the weld stud so that the article is thereby retained on the surface of the sheet to which the stud is welded. For some applications, such as the application of body panels, the skirt may be provided at the end of the stem remote from the retaining head but for other applications the skirt may be provided on the stem a short distance from that end.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4782562 (1988-11-01), Yuta
patent: 4828444 (1989-05-01), Oshida
patent: 4890966 (1990-01-01), Umeizawa
patent: 4999019 (1991-03-01), Kraus
Baum Heinz-Otto
Schliessner Lothar
Emhart Inc.
Murphy Edward D.
Sakran Victor N.
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