Clip and mounting system
AssigneeSynergyWiz, Inc.
InventorStephen John Toner
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Abstract
A mounting system includes a male portion and a female portion, each for attaching to one of two different objects (e.g. devices, accessories, walls). In one embodiment, each of the portions are produced entirely by one-piece injection molding. The male portion is substantially planar and has concave indentation or detent areas. The female section has a planar back side and inwardly facing walls on each side forming a channel. One or both sides has an extension member that is spring biased such that as the male portion is slid into the female portion, the extension member moves into the concave indentation or detent areas to hold the male member in the channel until sufficient force is exerted in an opposite direction to overcome the spring bias and slide the male section out of the channel of the female section.
Claims20
A mounting system for removably connecting a device to an accessory, the mounting system comprising:
- a male portion having two opposing sides, each of the opposing sides having an edge shelf and at least one of the opposing sides having a detent area;
- a female portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front, a back surface, side edges, and a channel formed between two inwardly facing walls of the side edges, each inwardly facing wall having a guide for retaining a corresponding edge shelf of the male portion, and at least one inwardly facing wall having an extension member that is inwardly spring-biased;
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- whereas upon sliding the male portion into the channel of the female portion, the extension member of the female portion moves into the detent area of the male portion, thereby holding the male portion within the female portion until acted upon by a force of sliding the male portion out of the channel of the female portion.
A mounting system for removably connecting a device to an accessory, the mounting system comprising:
- a male portion having two opposing sides, each of the opposing sides having an edge shelf and having a detent area;
- a female portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front, a back surface, side edges, and a channel formed between two inwardly facing walls of the side edges, each inwardly facing wall having a guide for retaining a corresponding edge shelf of the male portion, and two extension members that are inwardly spring-biased by springs that are molded into the female portion, each of the extension member are interfaced to flexing arms, the flexing arms are interfaced to the female portion at inflection points forming the springs;
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- whereas upon sliding the male portion into the channel of the female portion, the extension members of the female portion pushes into the detent areas of the male portion, thereby holding the male portion within the female portion until acted upon by a force of sliding the male portion out of the channel of the female portion.
A mounting system for removably connecting a device to an accessory, the mounting system comprising:
- a planar male portion having two opposing sides, each of the opposing sides having an edge shelf and having a detent area;
- a female portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front, a planar back surface, side edges, and a channel formed between two inwardly facing walls of the side edges, each inwardly facing wall having a guide for retaining a corresponding edge shelf of the male portion, and each inwardly facing wall having an extension member that is interfaced to flexing arms, the flexing arms are interfaced to the female portion at inflection points, a stop on the top edge of the female portion for preventing the male portion from exiting the female portion at the top edge of the female portion;
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- whereas upon sliding the male portion into the channel of the female portion, the extension members of the female portion pushes into the detent areas of the male portion by way of bias provided by the flexing arms, thereby holding the male portion within the female portion until acted upon by a force of sliding the male portion out of the channel of the female portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.