Sidewinder clip
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorCharles Meyer
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Abstract
A routing clip for fixing at least one conduit to a support is integrally molded from a plastic material and includes U-shaped channels, each having two substantially parallel walls extending therefrom. One of the walls has an inwardly curving projection extending beyond the centerline of the respective U-shaped channel. The inwardly curving projection prevents a tube or conduit, secured within the U-shaped channel, from being readily removed therefrom.
Claims8
A routing clip for fixing at least one conduit to a support, said routing clip being integrally molded from a resilient material, said routing clip comprising with respect to each of said at least one conduit:
- a U-shaped channel having a centerline, said centerline extending along a longitudinal axis of said channel;
- two substantially parallel walls extending from said U-shaped channel;
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- a projection on one of said two substantially parallel walls, said projection curving inwardly toward said centerline of said U-shaped channel;
- wherein said projection is deflected in a plane substantially perpendicular to an insertion force when said conduit is being inserted into said U-shaped channel, said projection then relaxing when said conduit is fully inserted into said U-shaped channel;
- and wherein said projection is deflected in a plane substantially parallel to an extraction force when said conduit in said U-shaped channel is being pulled outwardly therefrom, said projection then relaxing when said conduit is fully removed from said routing clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.