Two part grommet with interengaging projections

• US 4,761,860 A
• Filed: 03/27/1987
• Issued: 08/09/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: American Cord & Webbing Co., Inc.
• Original Assignee: American Cord & Webbing Co., Inc.
• Inventors: Krauss, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US07/030,628
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 24/142, 24/148, 411/339, 411/508, 411/509, 411/510, 411/512
• US Class Current: 24/713.6
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 5/00 Eyelets machines for setting eyelets A43D100/00
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 13/007 made of plastics
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 13/0088 by separable snap connection
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/06 Releasable fastening devices with snap-action quickly-detachable or mountable nuts to threaded bolts F16B37/0842
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3742 having eyelet type directing means

Abstract

A grommet comprises a pair of mating telescoping halves with each half comprising a tubular body and a flange extending radially outward therefrom. The body of one half is disposed over and about the body of the other half. The flange on one half is spaced from the flange on the other half. The inner surfaces of the outer body includes a radially inwardly extending projection and the outer surface of the inner body includes at least one recess receiving the projection for securing one half relative to the other to form the grommet.

Claims

1. A grommet comprising a first and second half, each half comprising a tubular body composed of a resinous material with the body of the first half being disposed over and about the body of the second half, the tubular body of the first half having an inner surface comprising a smooth portion which is substantially flat and a portion having inwardly directed projection means and the tubular body of the second half having an outward surface having a smooth portion which is substantially flat and a portion having outwardly directed projection means for engaging the projection means of the first half, wherein the smooth portions of the first and second halves contact each other providing lateral and rotational support for the coupling of the halves and wherein each half further comprises a gripping means for contacting material into which the grommet is fastened.

2. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the outer and inner body including at least one radially extending projection.

3. The invention in accordance with claim 2 wherein the inner surfaces of the outer body including a radially inwardly extending projection and the outer surface of the inner body including at least one recess receiving the projection.

4. The invention in accordance with claim 3 wherein the outer surface of the inner body is serrated.

5. The invention in accordance with claim 4 wherein the projection and the recesses of the serrations are circumferentially continuous.

6. The invention in accordance with claim 4 wherein the projection and the recesses of the serrations are discontinuous.

7. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the bodies are circular in cross section.

8. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the bodies are oval in cross section.

9. The invention in accordance with claim 1 where each half is independently molded from a resin.

10. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein at least one flange has at least one tooth extending towards the other flange to facilitate gripping of material disposed between the flanges.

11. The invention in accordance with claim 10 wherein the at least one tooth is located on the flange at a point between the radially outward flange edge and the point of connection of the flange to the tubular body.

12. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the inner surface of the tubular body of the first half and the outer surface of the tubular body of the second half further comprises an additional smooth portion, the projection means on each surface being located between the smooth portions and the additional smooth portion, the additional smooth portions contacting each other for further lateral and rotational support for the coupling of the halves.

13. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the gripping means comprises a flange extending radially outwardly from the tubular body of each half.

14. The invention in accordance with claim 12 wherein the second half contains a rounded portion at the juncture of the tubular body and the flange, and the edge of the tubular body of the first half, distal to the gripping means, are rounded so that the rounded edges of the first half nest into the rounded portion of the second half.