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US 7,740,432 B2Granted
Article installation device
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorAkinori Harada
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Abstract
An article-attaching device includes a casing and a holding member fitted into the casing. The holding member has engageable portions configured to be engageable with a hook of an article. The holding member includes a frame portion fitted to the casing and a pair of torsionally-deformable members extending downward from opposed portions of the frame portion. The torsionally-deformable members have engageable portions and a hook receiver under the engageable portions. A hook passes between the engageable portions from inside of the frame portion, causing the respective torsionally-deformable members to be elastically spread and be torsionally deformed, followed by entering the receiver to be prevented from coming out thereof.
Claims18
An article-attaching device comprising:
- a casing adapted to be mounted to an object;
- and
- a holding member formed separately and configured to be fitted into the casing, the holding member having engageable portions configured to be elastically engageable with a hook of an article;
- the holding member comprising:
- a frame portion configured to be fitted to the casing through an engageable system;
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- a pair of torsionally-deformable members extending downward from opposed portions of the frame portion, the torsionally-deformable members having the engageable portions formed on opposed inner sides thereof so as to project therefrom and a hook receiver formed therein under the engageable portions,
- wherein the respective torsionally-deformable members have the engageable portions formed on the opposed inner sides so as to have substantially the same projection length as each other and to be offset in a horizontal direction, whereby the hook passes through between the engageable portions from inside of the frame portion, causing the respective torsionally-deformable members to be elastically spread and to be torsionally deformed, followed by entering the receiver to be prevented from coming out therefrom;
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- wherein the casing has opposed inner sides so as to confront the respective torsionally-deformable members of the holding member therebetween and to clamp portions of the hook projecting between the respective torsionally-deformable members in such a state that the hook is received in the receiver.
7 more elements
An article-attaching device comprising:
- a casing adapted to be mounted to an object, and
- a holding member formed separately and configured to be fitted into the casing, the holding member having engageable portions configured to be elastically engageable with a hook of an article;
- the holding member comprising:
- a frame portion configured to be fitted to the casing through an engageable system, and
- a pair of torsionally-deformable members extending downward from opposed portions of the frame portion, the torsionally-deformable members having the engageable portions formed on opposed inner sides thereof so as to project therefrom and a hook receiver formed therein under the engageable portions,
- wherein the respective torsionally-deformable members have the engageable portions formed on the opposed inner sides so that one of the engageable portions has a portion close to one end in a width direction thereof provided with a longer projection length than a portion close to the other end in the width direction while the other engageable portion has a portion close to a one end in a width direction thereof provided with a shorter projection length than a portion close to the other end in the width direction, whereby the hook passes through between the engageable portions from inside of the frame portion, causing the respective torsionally-deformable members to be elastically spread and be torsionally deformed, followed by entering the receiver to be prevented from coming out therefrom;
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- wherein the casing has opposed inner sides so as to confront the respective torsionally-deformable members of the holding member therebetween and to clamp portions of the hook projecting between the respective torsionally-deformable members in such a state that the hook is received in the receiver.
5 more elements
An article-attaching device comprising:
- a casing adapted to be mounted to an object;
- and
- a holding member configured to be fitted into the casing, the holding member having engageable portions configured to be elastically engageable with a hook of an article;
- the holding member comprising:
- a frame portion configured to be fitted to the casing through an engageable system, and
- a pair of torsionally-deformable members extending downward from opposed portions of the frame portion, the torsionally-deformable members having the engageable portions formed on opposed inner sides thereof so as to project therefrom and a hook receiver formed therein under the engageable portions,
- wherein the respective torsionally-deformable members has the engageable portions formed on the opposed inner sides so as to have substantially the same projection length as each other and to be offset in a horizontal direction, whereby the hook passes through between the engageable portions from inside of the frame portion, causing the respective torsionally-deformable members to be elastically spread and to be torsionally deformed, followed by entering the receiver to be prevented from coming out therefrom;
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- wherein the casing has slits formed in both sides thereof confronting the respective torsionally-deformable members of the holding member, the slits serving to cause portions of the casing confronting the torsionally-deformable members to be easily deformable so as not to prevent the torsionally-deformable members from being spread and deformed.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.