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US 5,134,754 AGranted
One-piece pull having snap-in action
AssigneeSouthco, Inc.
InventorJames H. Vickers
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AssigneeSouthco, Inc.
InventorJames H. Vickers
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A one-piece pull comprises a generally box-shaped one-piece part having an opening in a face thereof, a pair of opposing side walls, a bottom wall and an upper wall, with the side walls, upper wall and bottom wall each having flange members formed integral therewith to facilitate the flush mounting of the pull to a panel. The pull is provided with a channel on an upper surface thereof and a plurality of boss members on a lower surface thereof, which facilitate the proper positioning of the pull relative to the panel. At least one retaining member is formed integral with a lower surface of the pull and comprises a support member and a resiliently movable leg member extending from the support, wherein upon insertion of the pull into an aperture in a panel, the resilient leg member flexes to permit passage of the panel and then returns to a substantially unflexed position with a snap-like action, whereby the panel is retained in sandwich relation to the bottom flange and the resilient leg member.
A pull comprising a one-piece part adapted to be received within an aperture in a panel and the like, said one-piece part having an opening therein, a channel on an upper surface thereof, said channel being adapted to receive an edge of a panel therein when said one-piece part is inserted within an aperture in a panel, a pair of opposing side walls, an upwardly inclined bottom wall, and at least one retaining means comprising a support member affixed to a lower surface of said bottom wall and a generally flat flexible leg member affixed to said support member and extending therefrom;
A pull comprising a one-piece part adapted to be received within an aperture in a panel and the like, said one-piece part having an opening therein, a channel on an upper surface thereof, said channel being adapted to receive an edge of a panel therein when said one-piece part is inserted within an aperture in a panel, a pair of opposing side walls, a bottom wall, and at least one retaining means comprising a generally flat flexible leg member affixed at a first end to a lower surface of said bottom wall and extending therefrom, a second end of said flexible leg member remote from said first end being adapted to engage an edge of a panel when said one-piece part is inserted within an aperture in a panel, wherein said flexible leg member is in spaced relation to said bottom wall;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.