Integrated pin and clip
AssigneeMaster Lock Company LLC
InventorsRolf Hohmann, Chris Irgens, Gary Burmesch, Kerry Jacques, Mark Van Handel, Michael Sheridan
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Abstract
An integrated pin and clip for securing vehicle trailer components. The integrated pin and clip includes a shaft member and a clip member. The clip member is movable between a locked and an unlocked position. The unlocked position allows for the integrated pin and clip to be inserted and withdrawn from a receiving aperture in a vehicle trailer component, such as a receiver. The locked position does not allow the integrated pin and clip to be inserted and withdrawn from the aperture. The integrated pin and clip also includes retention means that secures the clip in either the locked position or the unlocked position.
Claims11
An integrated pin and clip comprising:
- a shaft member;
- a locking member movable between a first position and a second position, wherein said first position allows for insertion and removal of the integrated pin and clip into a receiving hole and said second position does not allow for insertion and removal of the integrated pin and clip into a receiving hole;
- and
- retention means that secures said locking member in either one of said first position and said second position,
- wherein the shaft member includes at least one cut-out portion disposed along a slot in the shaft member on an outer surface and sized to receive the locking member in seating engagement, such that pivoting of the locking member out of the second position is prohibited while the locking member is in seating engagement with the at least one cut-out portion.
An integrated pin and clip comprising:
- a shaft member;
- a locking member located at a first end of said shaft member, wherein said locking member is movable between a first position that is generally coaxial to said shaft member and a second position in which the locking member extends laterally from only one side of said shaft member;
- and
- retention means that secures said locking member in either one of said first position and said second position;
- wherein the shaft member includes at least one cut-out portion on an outer surface sized to receive the locking member in seating engagement, such that pivoting of the locking member out of the second position is prohibited while the locking member is in seating engagement with the at least one cut-out portion.
An integrated pin and clip comprising:
- a shaft member;
- a locking member pivotable between a first position and a second position, wherein said first position allows for insertion and removal of the integrated pin and clip into a receiving hole and said second position does not allow for insertion and removal of the integrated pin and clip into a receiving hole;
- and
- retention means that secures said locking member in an engaged condition when the locking member is in the second position, such that pivoting of the locking member out of the second position is prohibited while the locking member is in the engaged condition;
- wherein the locking member is configured to be axially pulled away from the shaft and out of the engaged condition to allow the locking member to be pivoted from the second position to the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.