Structure for attaching protective member to a support
AssigneeNewfrey LLC
InventorsTatsuya Kaneko, Noriaki Kojima
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Abstract
A structure for attaching to a support a protective member having a rib comprises a single-piece clip with a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section. The rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space into which the rib is inserted, and the walls have respective resilient pawls that engage opposite sides of the rib to resist withdrawal of the rib from the space. The walls have reinforcing braces outside the space. The support-fastening section has a tube with a tapered lead-in member for receiving a stud projecting from the support.
Claims13
A single-piece clip for attaching a protective member incorporating a rib constructed of a soft material to a support, wherein the clip comprises:
- a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section, wherein the rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space for receiving the rib of the protective member, with a pair of resilient pawls extending from the respective walls and disposed to engage the rib inserted into an inlet end of the space, at one side of the clip, the pawls being constructed to resist movement of the rib in a direction opposite to a direction of insertion of the rib into the space through the inlet end, and wherein the support-fastening section is located beside the rib-fastening section and is constructed for fastening to a support at an opposite side of the clip;
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- wherein the support-fastening section includes protrusions constructed to engage a stud on the support and the construction of the pawls is related to the construction of the protrusions so that a stud-holding force of the protrusions is less than a rib-holding force of the pawls.
A structure for attaching a member having a rib to a support including an attachment stud comprising:
- a single-piece clip having a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section,
- wherein the rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space for receiving the rib inserted into the space through an inlet to the space at one side of the clip,
- wherein a pair of resilient pawls project into the space from the respective walls and are angulated away from the inlet and toward one another, with tips opposed to one another and disposed to engage opposite sides of the rib,
- wherein the support-fastening section is disposed to be fastened to the stud at an opposite side of the clip, and
- wherein the support-fastening section includes protrusions constructed to engage the stud on the support and the construction of the pawls is related to the construction of the protrusions so that a stud-holding force of the protrusions is less than a rib-holding force of the pawls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.