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US 5,820,048 AGranted
Side latching hinge mechanism
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Shereyk, Arnold DeCarlo
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Abstract
An improvement for a routing clip is provided by a hinge latch adjacent to the folded hinge portion thereof. The hinge latch includes a male latching member on one side of the hinge portion and a female latching member in a corresponding position on the other side of the hinge portion, both male and female latching members being on one side of the routing clip. When being engaged with the female latching member, the male latching member deflects in a direction transverse to its length to provide a more secure latching mechanism as a back-up to the hinge.
Claims17
A routing clip for fixing a conduit to a support, comprising :
- a pair of members integrally connected together by a hinge portion defining a hinge axis about which said pair of members of said routing clip are folded with respect to each other so as to clampingly contain a conduit therebetween;
- means provided upon said pair of members of said routing clip at a location remote from said hinge portion for locking said pair of members in a closed folded state about a conduit so as to retain a conduit therebetween;
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- a hinge latch for maintaining said pair of members in said closed folded state even if said hinge portion should fail, said hinge latch comprising a first male latching member disposed upon a first one of said pair of members of said routing clip so as to be disposed upon a first side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion and disposed toward a first axial end of said routing clip, a first female latching member disposed at a position corresponding to that of said first male latching member with respect to said first axial end of said routing clip but upon a second one of said pair of members so as to be disposed upon a second opposite side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion, a second male latching member disposed upon said second one of said pair of members of said routing clip so as to be disposed upon said second opposite side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion and disposed toward a second axial end of said routing clip, and a second female latching member disposed at a position corresponding to that of said second male latching member with respect to said second axial end of said routing clip but upon said first one of said pair of members so as to be disposed upon said first side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion.
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A hinge mechanism, comprising:
- a pair of members integrally connected together by a hinge portion defining a hinge axis about which said pair of members of said hinge mechanism are folded with respect to each other;
- means provided upon said pair of members of said hinge mechanism at a location remote from said hinge portion for locking said pair of members in a closed folded state;
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- a hinge latch for maintaining said pair of members in said closed folded state even if said hinge portion should fail, said hinge latch comprising a first male latching member disposed upon a first one of said pair of members of said hinge mechanism so as to be disposed upon a first side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion and disposed toward a first axial end of said hinge mechanism, a first female latching member disposed at a position corresponding to that of said first male latching member with respect to said first axial end of said hinge mechanism but upon a second one of said pair of members so as to be disposed upon a second opposite side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion, a second male latching member disposed upon said second one of said pair of members of said hinge mechanism so as to be disposed upon said second opposite side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion and disposed toward a second axial end of said hinge mechanism, and a second female latching member disposed at a position corresponding to that of said second male latching member with respect to said second axial end of said hinge mechanism but upon said first one of said pair of members so as to be disposed upon said first side of said hinge portion at a position adjacent to said hinge portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.