Fastener for fastening elongate object
First Claim
1. A plastic one-piece molded fastener for mounting an elongated object upon a support panel having an aperture defined therein for reception of a portion of said fastener, comprising:
- means for holding said elongated object, having a longitudinal axis defined therein, such that said longitudinal axis of said elongated object extends in a predetermined axial direction with respect to said holding means so as to define an axial plane within said fastener;
first, substantially U-shaped leg means having a first leg portion thereof having one end fixedly secured to an undersurface portion of said holding means which is disposed upon a first side of said axial plane of said fastener, and a second leg portion thereof, cantilevered from the other end of said first leg portion so as to be resiliently flexible with respect to said first leg portion thereof and thereby permit entrance of said first substantially U-shaped leg means into said aperture defined within said support panel, having means thereon for engaging undersurface and upper surface portions of said support panel when said first substantially U-shaped leg means of said fastener is disposed within said aperture defined within said support panel, said second leg portion of said first substantially U-shaped leg means being disposed upon a second opposite side of said axial plane of said fastener such that a hollow portion of said first substantially U-shaped leg means as defined between said first and second leg portions thereof is disposed substantially within said axial plane of said fastener; and
second, substantially U-shaped leg means having a first leg portion thereof having one end fixedly secured to an undersurface portion of said holding means which is disposed upon said second opposite side of said axial plane of said fastener, and a second leg portion thereof, elastically fixed to said first leg portion thereof so as to be resiliently flexible with respect to said first leg portion thereof and thereby permit entrance of said second substantially U-shaped leg means into said aperture defined within said support panel, having means thereon for engaging undersurface and upper surface portions of said support panel when said second substantially U-shaped leg means of said fastener is disposed within said aperture defined within said support panel, said second leg portion of said second subtantially U-shaped leg means being disposed upon said first side of said axial plane of said fastener such that a hollow portion of said second substantially U-shaped leg means as defined between said first and second leg portions thereof is disposed substantially within said axial plane of said fastener whereby said hollow portions of said first and second substantially U-shaped leg means, and said first and second substantially U-shaped leg means, are substantially co-axially disposed with respect to each other along said axial plane of said fastener.
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Abstract
A plastic one-piece molding fastener for an elongated object includes a holding portion for holding an elongated object, first and second leg portions depending from the holding portion, first and second elastic locking portions extending from the ends of the respective first and second leg portions toward the bottom of the holding portion so as to define therewith substantially U-shaped members, locking shoulders provided on the first and second elastic locking portions for being engaged with the edge and undersurface of a mounting hole of a mounting plate within which the elongated object is to be secured, and first and second lever portions extending in opposite directions from upper portions of the elastic locking portions and perpendicular to the axial direction of the fastened elongated object and inclined downwardly with respect to the bottom of the holding portion. The first and second leg portions are serially arranged or aligned in the axial direction of the fastened elongated object and are staggered with respect to each other in a perpendicular direction with respect to the axial direction of the fastened elongated object. The first and second elastic locking portions project outwardly in directions perpendicular to the axial direction of the fastened elongated object and are disposed upon opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the fastener.
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14 Claims
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1. A plastic one-piece molded fastener for mounting an elongated object upon a support panel having an aperture defined therein for reception of a portion of said fastener, comprising:
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means for holding said elongated object, having a longitudinal axis defined therein, such that said longitudinal axis of said elongated object extends in a predetermined axial direction with respect to said holding means so as to define an axial plane within said fastener; first, substantially U-shaped leg means having a first leg portion thereof having one end fixedly secured to an undersurface portion of said holding means which is disposed upon a first side of said axial plane of said fastener, and a second leg portion thereof, cantilevered from the other end of said first leg portion so as to be resiliently flexible with respect to said first leg portion thereof and thereby permit entrance of said first substantially U-shaped leg means into said aperture defined within said support panel, having means thereon for engaging undersurface and upper surface portions of said support panel when said first substantially U-shaped leg means of said fastener is disposed within said aperture defined within said support panel, said second leg portion of said first substantially U-shaped leg means being disposed upon a second opposite side of said axial plane of said fastener such that a hollow portion of said first substantially U-shaped leg means as defined between said first and second leg portions thereof is disposed substantially within said axial plane of said fastener; and second, substantially U-shaped leg means having a first leg portion thereof having one end fixedly secured to an undersurface portion of said holding means which is disposed upon said second opposite side of said axial plane of said fastener, and a second leg portion thereof, elastically fixed to said first leg portion thereof so as to be resiliently flexible with respect to said first leg portion thereof and thereby permit entrance of said second substantially U-shaped leg means into said aperture defined within said support panel, having means thereon for engaging undersurface and upper surface portions of said support panel when said second substantially U-shaped leg means of said fastener is disposed within said aperture defined within said support panel, said second leg portion of said second subtantially U-shaped leg means being disposed upon said first side of said axial plane of said fastener such that a hollow portion of said second substantially U-shaped leg means as defined between said first and second leg portions thereof is disposed substantially within said axial plane of said fastener whereby said hollow portions of said first and second substantially U-shaped leg means, and said first and second substantially U-shaped leg means, are substantially co-axially disposed with respect to each other along said axial plane of said fastener. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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