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Grommet for setting in sheet material

  • US 4,397,061 A
  • Filed: 02/10/1981
  • Issued: 08/09/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A grommet for setting in sheet material, comprising:

  • (a) an eyelet of rigid plastic material including a barrel having an annular retaining flange at one end of the barrel, an annular locking flange disposed at an opposite end of the barrel, an annular recess adjacent said locking flange, and a barrel portion between said annular recess and said retaining flange, said annular locking flange having an outside diameter which is the same as or smaller than that of said barrel portion; and

    (b) a washer of rigid plastic material including an annular rib and a plurality of locking tongues projecting radially inwardly from said annular rib, said locking tongues of said washer jointly defining an interrupted circular edge having a diameter smaller than said outside diameter of said locking flange, said locking tongues being snappable over said locking flange into said annular recess at a position between the sheet material and said locking flange to retain said eyelet in said sheet material said locking tongues having slots therein.

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