Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Vehicle body ornament
Patent
1991-12-02
1993-07-20
Thomas, Alexander S.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Vehicle body ornament
428 99, 527167, 24289, 24292, 293128, B60R 1302, B60R 1304
Patent
active
052291758
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for attaching a plastic molding strip to a vehicle metal panel exterior surface provided with two parallel rows of weld-on studs fixedly securing a series of T-shaped molding mounting plastic clips to the panel. Each clip, fixedly secured to the panel by an associated upper and lower pair of the studs, has an upper cross-head formed with an upwardly facing notched guide shoulder and a lower foot formed with a snap action fastener. The molding strip is generally C-shaped having interned flanges extending along the upper and lower edges thereof. The upper interned flange is formed with a downwardly directed upper guided rib while an inwardly directed lower guided flange, having a plurality of longitudinally spaced buttons molded thereon, is formed adjacent the lower interned flange. Attachment of the molding strip to the clips is achieved by initially slidably positioning the upper guided rib in the notched guide shoulder of each clip cross-head. The molding strip is thereafter rotated downwardly and an associated lower guided rib button is snapped into interlocked sliding relation with a pair of resilient guide fingers of each clip female fastener. An intermediate reference button is snap-fitted into an associated central clip female fastener aperture so as to be fixedly positioned relative to the central clip. The novel arrangement enables longitudinal fore and aft thermal growth of the molding strip upper and lower guided ribs relative to each clip cross-head notched guide shoulder and each clip female fastener, respectively.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3354597 (1967-11-01), Meyer
Barthel Edward P.
Chrysler Corporation
Thomas Alexander S.
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