Fastener clip
AssigneeBuell Industries, Inc.
InventorsFrancis C. Peterson, Phillip D. Becker
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Abstract
A fastener clip is adapted to be pushed onto an edge of sheet materials of varying thicknesses. The clip has two legs. The first leg has a U-shaped elongated tongue cut from it and bent towards the second leg to frictionally engage a sheet material disposed between the two legs; the second leg has an integral threaded barrel for receiving a bolt. The U-shaped tongue is formed with offset bends to allow the tongue to yield when the clip is mounted on a thick sheet material.
Claims6
In a fastener assembly of the type where a clip having two legs is adapted to be pushed onto an edge of a sheet material, said clip having a tongue formed on a first leg for frictionally engaging said sheet material and having on a second leg an internally threaded barrel, the improvement wherein said tongue comprises:
- a U-shaped elongated tongue formation, with an oblong aperture therein, attached to said first leg at two points at the tips of said U-shape.
A fastener assembly comprising:
- a clip having two legs, said clip having an elongated tongue, with an oblong aperture therein, formed on a first leg for frictionally engaging a sheet material, said tongue being U-shaped and being attached to said first leg at two points at the tips of said U-shape and having offset bends formed adjacent to said two tips, and a second leg having an internally threaded barrel formed thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.