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US 5,084,947 AGranted
Snap release attachment system
AssigneeCellular IC
InventorsJack Evans, Christopher R. Morley
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Abstract
The snap release system consists of interfitting base and top members, the base member including a catch plate, the top plate having a T-shaped stud that is captured in aligned openings in the base plate and catch plate. The catch plate includes a bar portion lying alongside the base plate, which bar may be pressed to release the head of the T-shaped stud and to permit the plates to be separated.
Claims9
A snap release system for attaching a first element to a second element, the system comprising:
- a planar base member for connection to the first element;
- a planar top member for connection to the second element;
- one of said members having a projecting stud;
- the other of said members having a socket for receiving said stud when said members are brought together in a face to face orientation;
- means for releasably holding said stud in said socket, said means for releasably holding being normally in a first position but being cammed to a second position as the members are brought into face to face engagement to automatically capture and hold said stud in said socket and said members together;
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- a plurality of sockets on said one of said members and a plurality of bosses on said other of said members displaced from the centrally located stud so that bosses and sockets are co-linear in the plane of face to face engagement for aligning said members as they are brought into face to face engagement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.