Snap-in latch mounting brackets
AssigneeIrvin Industries, Inc.
InventorKirk Jensen
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Abstract
Snap-in installation double latch release bracket for retaining passenger car cargo cover end caps.
Claims7
Double latch release bracket for retaining passenger car cargo cover end cap comprising bracket housing means with a mounting perimeter for attachment to a rigid planar surface, said housing means including a face (14) parallel to and spaced from said mounting perimeter having an integral slotted end cap enclosure with an open entrance end slot (22) defined by back wall (24), side walls (28), and retaining lips (25) respectively formed in the bracket, said slot being provided in said face and extending within said retaining lips to accommodate an end cap extension through and normal to said face, a coplanar cavity within said housing extending around the side walls and under said end cap enclosure, a pair of pivoted latch levers within said cavity having facing hook end means to engage shoulders on either side of an end cap inserted within said enclosure, resilient means biasing said levers toward hook end closure end cap engagement, and manually actuable lever extension means (29) operably connected to the latch levers for overcoming said resilient bias to release said end cap.
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