Spring-type fastener
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorTerrance J. Rohman
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Abstract
A fastening arrangement is provided which includes a spring clip or fastener and a retaining strap. The fastener is secured to a support member and has a plurality of outwardly extending shaped spring fingers. The retaining strap has a loop portion surrounding an element being held and has openings in each of the end portions which are adapted to snap over and be retained on the shaped spring fingers.
Claims2
In a fastening arrangement for positioning a loose element relative to a support comprising a fastener having a substantially circular base portion with a predetermined diameter, a plurality of closely adjacent outwardly extending spring members resiliently connected to said base portion and terminating in outer end portions, said spring members being radially bow-shaped and providing a radially enlarged midportion to the fastener between the base portion and the outer end portions, the diameter of the fastener at the midportion of the spring members being greater than the diameter of said base portion, means for securing the base portion of said fastener to said support, a retaining strap having an intermediate portion encircling the loose element, each end portion of said strap having an aperture therethrough of a size conforming to the diameter of the base portion of said fastener, the enlarged diameter midportion of the spring members of the fastener passing with resistance through said apertures in the strap as the end portions of the strap are secured to said fastener for retaining said element in place relative to said support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.