Universal snapping connector that is locked and unlocked easily and quickly
OwnerYang-Li Fuinventor
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Abstract
A universal snapping connector includes two fixed members each provided with a hollow extension having a guide slot, two movable members each pivotally connected with a respective fixed member and each provided with a protrusion having a locking hole that is movable to align with the guide slot of the respective fixed member, and two elastic plates each movably mounted in the guide slot and each inserted into and locked in the locking hole of a respective movable member. Thus, a user only needs to push each of the elastic plates to lock each of the movable members onto each of the fixed members so that the universal snapping connector is locked easily and quickly.
Claims16
A universal snapping connector, comprising:
- two fixed members each having a first end pivotally connected with each other and a second end provided with a hollow extension having a side formed with a guide slot and a limit post spanning the guide slot;
- two movable members each having a first end pivotally connected with the first end of a respective fixed member and a second end provided with a protrusion detachably inserted into the extension of the respective fixed member and having a side formed with a locking hole that is movable to align with the guide slot of the extension of the respective fixed member;
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- two elastic plates, each integrally bendable to form a loop shape and each movably mounted in the guide slot of the extension of a respective fixed member about the limit post, and each loop shaped elastic plate is compressed, facilitating insertion into the locking hole of the protrusion of a respective movable member, once fully inserted, the elastic plate expands outwardly to lock the protrusion of the respective movable member onto the extension of the respective fixed member and to lock the respective movable member onto the respective fixed member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.