F16B 2/246
The clip being released by tilting the clip or a part thereof
Official title: {the clip being released by tilting the clip or a part thereof to a position in which the axis of the openings surrounding the gripped elements is parallel to, or coincides with, the axis of the gripped elements}
F16B2/246 (The clip being released by tilting the clip or a part thereof) appears on 77 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 43
- Assignees
- 42
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- 121
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Securing mechanism for device housing9 Apr 2020US 2020/0109726 A1Facebook, Inc.
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