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Frangible fastening construction for handles and method of fastening

  • US 4,987,639 A
  • Filed: 01/05/1989
  • Issued: 01/29/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fastening construction for securing items together, comprising:

  • a fastening pin, having a body with a nose at one end;

    means for receiving said pin; and

    frangible means supporting said pin axially aligned with and close to said receiving means;

    wherein said frangible means is a flashing formed in molding said pin and said receiving means, and said frangible means is easily broken upon driving said pin further into said receiving means, and further wherein said means for receiving is a lug of a handle or lid, having an aperture formed therein.

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