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Adjustable removable molding clip

  • US 3,205,546 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1963
  • Issued: 09/14/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A ONE PIECE SPRING CLIP ADAPTED TO BE ACCEPTED IN AN APERTURED PANEL MEMBER AND COMPRISING HEAD AND SHANK MEANS, SAID SHANK MEANS HAVINGA APRI OF SPACED ELONGATED LEGS, EACH BEING PROVIDED WITH A REVERSELY BENT SPRING ARM WHICH IS ALIGNED WITH THE CORRESPONDING LEG AND LATERALLY SPACED OTUWARDLY THEREOF, SAID SPRING ARMS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FLANGES EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARDS THE AXIS OF SAID SHANK MEANS FROM OPPOSITE EDGES THEREOF, THE FLANGES OF EACH SPRING ARM BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE LARGEST TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF THE RESPECTIVE ELONGATED LEG WHEREBY THE FLANGES OF EACH SPRING ARM ARE CAPABLE OF BEING MOVED LATERALLY INWARDLY OF ITS ELONGATED LEG, SHOULDER MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID FLANGES OF EACH SPRING ARM FOR ENGAGING A SURFACE OF SAID APERTURED PANEL OPPOSITE THE SURFACE ENGAGED BY SAID HEAD, AND MEANS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF SAID SPRING ARMS ADAPTED TO TRAVERSE THE APERTURE IN SAID PANLE AND TO ENGAGE THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF SAID PANEL AND INCLUDING PORTIONS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID SURFACE ENGAGED BY SAID HEAD AND ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED TO MOVE THE SPRING ARMS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND PERMIT WITHDRAWAL OF THE CLIP FROM SAID APERTURED PANEL MEMBER.

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