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US RE34,738 EGranted
Concealed portable display device fastener
OwnerJack R. Bradyinventor
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Abstract
A concealed portable display fastener providing coupling means to assembly display devices, comprising two components, a channel interlocking means projecting outward at one end, a barb web attachment means at opposite end; A flexible clip having a plurality of semi circular open edge tubes joined perpendicular to a rectangular plate interlocking means, components when interlocked form a single fastener then conjointly mate with another fastener by a horizontal then vertical movement of clips through interlocking means permitting easy uncomplicated assembly and disassembly of devices.
Claims36
A concealed portable display device fastener permanently attached to device components comprising:
- A. An elongate channel having a barb web attachment means at one end, an open end keyway including a round depression interlocking means at opposite end.
- B. A clip having a plurality of flexible semi circular open edge tube of equal length interlocking means attached to a fillet of same length at one end, a rectangular plate interlocking means of same length fastened perpendicular at longitudinal center forming a T shape at opposite end, outside face of said plate having cube boss interlocking means with dimensions of sides equal to depth of a slot flexion means in said plate, said slot flexion means located at center of said plate, said boss interlocking means with said depression in said channel preventing longitudinal movement of said clip, said clip hereby inserted in top of channel by interlocking means becomes permanently attached to said channel creating a single fastener, said fastener attaches to display devices via said barb web connection means;
- a pair of fasteners coupling means occurs as said tube flexion means permits said tubes to conform to contour of said keyway interlocking means accomplishing tight rigid connection means.
A fastener for coupling panels together comprising
- an elongate channel including on one side, means for attaching the channel to an edge of a panel, and on another side, an open end keyway enlarged inside the opening, and a breech formed in communication with the keyway,
- clip means having a flexible enlargement at one end for snugly fitting within the enlarged portion of a keyway of a channel, and a plate means at the opposite end generally forming a T shape for fitting within a breech of a different channel, the plate means having a configuration such that the plate means is securely held in the breech as force directed away from the breech is applied to the clip means, and
- means for securing the plate means in place in the breech of a channel,
- wherein two channels can receive, when positioned together with facing keyways, the clip means disposed in the channels with the flexible enlargement in an enlarged portion of a keyway of one of the channels, and with plate means in a breech of the other of the channels, such that the two channels are held together.
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A fastener as in claim 32 wherein the keyway enlargement of each channel comprises concave sidewall adjacent the channel opening, and wherein the first element of each clip is shaped to fit snugly against the concave side sidewall of a channel.
A fastener for coupling panels together comprising
- an elongate channel including on one side, means for attaching the channel to an edge of a panel, and on another side, an open end keyway enlarged inside the opening, and a breech formed in communication with the keyway,
- clip means having a flexible enlargement at one end for snugly fitting within the enlarged portion of a keyway of a channel, the enlargement comprising a flexible rounded first open edge tube adapted to fit snugly within the enlarged portion of the keyway, and a plate means at the opposite end generally forming a T shape for fitting within a breech of a different channel, the clip means comprising a fillet extending generally perpendicularly from the plate means to the first open edge tube to join the first tube to the plate means so that when the plate means is disposed in the breech of one channel, the fillet extends through the keyway of the one channel and into the keyway of an adjacent channel where the first tube is disposed in the enlarged portion of the adjacent channel and further comprising a second flexible rounded open edge tube formed on the fillet adjacent to the plate means and spaced from the first tube, said second tube fitting snugly within the enlarged portion of the keyway of the same channel in whose breech the plate means is disposed, and
- means for securing the plate means in place in the breech of a channel.
- wherein two channels may be positioned together, with facing keyways, such that a clip means may be disposed with the flexible enlargement in an enlarged portion of a keyway of one of the channels, and with plate means in a breech of the other of the channels.
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A fastener for coupling two display devices together comprising
- first and second means, each defining an elongate channel having a bottom wall, two side walls, and an opening opposite the bottom wall, wherein the width of the channel adjacent the bottom wall is enlarged to define a breech, and wherein the width of the channel between the opening and the breech is enlarged to define a keyway, each of said channel defining means further including means for attaching the first and second means to respective display devices, and
- first and second clips, each including
- plate means for insertion into the breech of a respective channel defining means,
- fillet means extending from the plate means outwardly from one side thereof so that when the plate means is inserted in the breech of the respective channel defining means, the fillet means extends outwardly through the channel of the respective channel defining means and into the channel of the other channel defining means positioned adjacent to the respective channel defining means,
- a first flexible clip element disposed to extend laterally from the free end of the fillet means to generally conform and fit within the keyway of said other channel defining means when the first and second channel defining means are in a channel to channel facing relationship, such that the fillet means of each clip extends side-by-side from one channel to the other and the first clip element of each clip is disposed in the keyway of a different channel defining means to thereby couple the first and second channel defining means together,
- a second flexible clip element extending from the fillet means laterally and rearwardly toward the plate means to generally conform with the concave sidewall of said other channel to also thereby couple the first and second channel defining means together, and
- second flexible clip element extending from the fillet means from a location adjacent the plate means laterally and forwardly toward the first clip element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.