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US 6,053,458 AGranted
Swivel hinge for a clip
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorCharles Meyer
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Abstract
The swivel hinge includes a swivel element with apertures and a base element with a swivel shaft which is journaled for rotation within the apertures. The apertures include radially inwardly extending fingers which position the swivel shaft and are formed as molding gates for molding windows which are provided in common for initially molding the base element and the swivel member as a single integral piece. Subsequent rotation breaks the molding gates and the vestiges form the fingers.
Claims7
A clip including:
- a stationary base member;
- a swivel member which is initially integral with said relatively stationary base member, said swivel member and said base member being formed by common molding windows and joined by molding gates formed by said common molding windows, said swivel member being subsequently rotatable with respect to said relatively stationary base member after said molding gates are broken;
- a first of said base member and said swivel member including a swivel shaft and a second of said base member and said swivel member including at least one aperture in which said swivel shaft is journaled for rotation, said at least one aperture further including radially inwardly extending fingers formed by said molding gates, said radially inwardly extending fingers positioning said swivel shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.