Multiple switch mount
AssigneeElectronic Engineering Company of California
InventorHerbert C. Beck
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Abstract
A mount for attaching a device such as a multiple switch within a hole in a panel. A first part has a lip for laying upon the front of the panel and also a pair of spaced hook arms. A second part is attached to the device behind the panel and has an opening for receiving the hook arms. These resiliently enter the opening in the second part and hold the device securely but removably to the panel. Screws or tools are not required. Deformable ears on the second part bear against the back of the panel to secure the assembly, and the ear structure accommodates a range of panel thicknesses.
Claims11
The combination with a device having ends and a panel having a hole with a mount for attaching said device in the hole of said panel, comprising;
- a. one first part (1) of said mount lodged at each end of said device within the hole in said panel,
- between the device and the panel,
- b. said first part having a lip (8) lying upon the front of said panel
- and two spaced hook arms (2, 3) extending through said hole and behind said panel,
- c. one second part (12) of the mount mounted upon each of the same said ends of the device behind said panel,
- d. each said second part having an opening which receives both of said hook arms of a one said first part, and
- e. each said second part having deformable ears (14, 15) bearing upon the rear of said panel,
- whereby said device is removably locked to said panel by said first and second parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.