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US 5,131,711 AGranted
Locking pins for vehicular sun visor assembly
AssigneeJay White Sales and Engineering, Inc.
InventorDennis M. Laferle
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Abstract
A locking mechanism for firmly holding the core members of a vehicular sun visor assembly in face to face abutment. A locking pin on one of the core members has a conical tang and flat shank forming parallel undercut surfaces. A generally tubular socket on the other core member has parallel flanges at its terminal end. The tang temporarily deforms the flanges so that the undercut surfaces of the locking pin snap past the flanges. The locking pins and sockets extend around the perimeter of the two core members.
Claims5
A vehicular sun visor assembly comprising:
- a base core member;
- a cover core member;
- and
- means for locking said core members together in face to face alignment, said means including:
- a plurality of spaced rigid pins adjacent the periphery of one of said core members, each pin having a shank extending inwardly from said one of said core members to a frustro-conical shaped tang at the free end of the pin, and said shank having a planar surface which defines an undercut with said tang;
- a plurality of spaced sockets, defined by generally tubular bosses, adjacent the periphery and extending inwardly from the other of said core members to free ends, each having a flange with a rectilinear surface, said flange directed toward a central longitudinal axis of said boss, said sockets being in alignment with said pins when said core members are moved into face to face alignment;
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- wherein said pins are snapped into said sockets by the momentary yielding of said flanges as the tangs are pushed therein, said undercut engaging and being retained by said flange with the rectilinear surface of said flange being closely adjacent and parallel to the planar surface of said shank, locking said core members together.
5 more elements
A vehicular sun visor assembly comprising:
- a molded plastic base core member;
- a molded plastic cover core member;
- and
- means for locking said core members together in face to face alignment, said means including:
- a plurality of spaced rigid pins adjacent the periphery and extending inwardly from a face of one of said core members, each of said pins having a frustro-conical shaped tang at its free end and a shank having opposed parallel planar surfaces extending inwardly from said face to said tang which define parallel undercuts with said tang;
- a plurality of spaced generally tubular bosses adjacent the periphery and extending inwardly from a face of the other of said core members, each of said bosses extending to a free end having a pair of diametrically opposed flanges with rectilinear surfaces, said flanges directed toward a central longitudinal axis of said boss defining a socket, said sockets being in alignment with said pins when said core members are moved in face to face alignment;
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- wherein said pins are snapped into said socket members by the momentary yielding of said flanges as the tangs are pushed therein with said undercuts engaging and being retained by said flanges by the rectilinear surfaces of said flanges being closely adjacent and parallel to the opposed parallel planar surfaces of said shanks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.