Device for securing a panel to a mounting stud
AssigneeAlpha Stamping Compay
InventorRobert E. Stewart
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Abstract
A device for securing a panel to a mounting stud with external teeth. An annular first body has an inner periphery, a plurality of lock fingers extending from the inner periphery, and a plurality of stop fingers extending from the inner periphery and circumferentially spaced from the plurality of lock fingers. An annular second body has a center opening, a plurality of lock openings spaced from the center opening for receiving the plurality of lock fingers to lock the first and second bodies together, and a plurality of legs extending inwardly overlying the center opening for engaging external teeth on the mounting stud.
Claims19
A device for securing a panel to a mounting stud with external teeth, said device including:
- an annular first body having an inner periphery, a plurality of lock fingers extending from said inner periphery, and a plurality of stop fingers extending from said inner periphery and circumferentially spaced from said plurality of lock fingers, and
- an annular second body having a center opening, a plurality of lock openings spaced from said center opening for receiving said plurality of lock fingers to lock said first and second bodies together, and a plurality of legs extending inwardly overlying said center opening for engaging external teeth on the mounting stud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.