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US 4,723,749 AGranted
Channel clip
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsEugene Carraro, Raymond S. Laughlin
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AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsEugene Carraro, Raymond S. Laughlin
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This invention relates to a construction fastener and more specifically to a clamp or clip for securing a horizontally extending channel to another hoizontally or vertically extending construction element of miscellaneous configuration. The fastener is formed from a strip of resilient metal or spring steel and at least one end includes a notched portion for engaging a horizontally extending channel. The notched portion is oriented with respect to the horizontal channel such that the longitudinal planar surface of the notched portion is normal to the horizontal axis of the channel. The notched portion includes a cam-like spring tab adapted to spring out of the way and to snap back and lock behind the channel when the channel is inserted into the notched portion. The opposite end of the fastener, which may be engaged or disengaged with or without the channel in the notched portion, may comprise a wire or rod receiving notched portion or it may comprise one of a variety of forms capable of engaging vertically or horizontally extending construction elements of miscellaneous configuration.
A vertically extending clip for interconnecting two or more building elements comprising sheet metal in strip form, at least one end of which is in the form of a single vertical major plane and which includes a notched portion for engaging a horizontal channel, said notched portion being oriented with respect to said horizontal channel such that said major plane which is also defined by the surfaces of said notched portion is normal to the axis of said horizontal channel, the opposite end of said clip comprising means for engaging and securing horizontal or vertical building elements.
A vertically extending clip for interconnecting two or more construction elements and having a major vertical plane comprising at one end a notch for engaging a horizontally extending channel element, the edges of said notch being in said major vertical plane,and spring cam tab means deflected from said major vertical plane of the clip at least partially closing the opening of the notch and adapted to be cammed out of the way by insertion of the channel into the notch, and, at the oppposite end, means for engaging another building element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.