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US 10,550,872 B2Granted
Automatic coupling device
AssigneeRexsitt Italia S.R.L.
InventorStefano Bettio
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Abstract
A coupling device comprising arranged in two opposing walls of a box-like enclosure, two flexible tabs from which two raised portions which act against each other protrude inward, one of which is adapted to engage a rigid laminar element to be inserted between the two flexible tabs while the other, after the coupling, can be pushed manually in order to move the coupled raised portion and release the rigid laminar element to be removed.
Claims5
An automatic coupling device comprising:
- a box-like enclosure;
- and
- a rigid laminar element,
- wherein arranged in two opposing walls of the box-like enclosure are first and second flexible tabs from which first and second raised portions which act against each other protrude inward, the first raised portion being adapted to engage the rigid laminar element, the rigid laminar element configured to be inserted between the two flexible tabs, the second raised portion, in a coupled configuration, is adapted to be pushed manually to move the first raised portion and release the rigid laminar element,
- wherein the rigid laminar element comprises a pair of grapnels, the pair of grapnels comprising a first grapnel and a second grapnel, the pair of grapnels protrude from an end of the rigid laminar element, wherein an end of each grapnel is angled as compared to other portions of each grapnel, and wherein the first grapnel is opposed to the second grapnel, wherein the pair of grapnels can remain coupled by the first raised portion of the tab, and wherein a gap remains between the end of each grapnel that prevents the pair of grapnels from contacting the second raised portion of the tab in a partially released configuration of the rigid laminar element.
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