Two-part fastening clip

• US 5,168,604 A
• Filed: 11/27/1991
• Issued: 12/08/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: A Raymond Et Compagnie
• Original Assignee: A Raymond Et Compagnie
• Inventors: Boville, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US07/799,290
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 24/297, 24/453, 24/563, 24/573.1, 403/11, 403/405.1, 403/407.1, 411/508, 411/510, 411/913
• US Class Current: 24/297
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/065 the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0657 at least one of the plates providing a raised structure, e.g. of the doghouse type, for connection with the clamps or clips of the other plate
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/123 Auxiliary fasteners specially designed for this purpose
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/128 a strip with a C-or U-shaped cross section being fastened to a plate such that the fastening means remain invisible, e.g. the fastening being completely enclosed by the strip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/309 Plastic type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/42 Independent, headed, aperture pass-through fastener

Abstract

A two-part fastening clip for fastening a piece of longitudinal extending molding to a panel. The clip includes a bottom part having means for anchoring the bottom part in a hole in the panel and a top part having means for securing the molding to it. The bottom part has an upwardly projecting connection pin of rectangular cross-section and a pair of side pieces projecting laterally outward from two opposite sides of the upper end of the pin. Downwardly facing seat surfaces that extend in a direction perpendicular to the pin and in the longitudinal direction of the molding are provided on the lower sides of the side pieces and two outwardly and downwardly slanting slide surfaces are provided on the other two sides of the upper end of the pin. The top part has a crosshead member and two spaced and downwardly depending side walls, an aperture in the crosshead member for receiving the upper end of the connection pin of the bottom part, and a pair of resilient locking tongues that extend inwardly and upwardly from the lower ends of the side walls of the top part toward said aperture thereby forming a socket in the top part for receiving the upper end of the pin. Then when the top part is pressed down on the pin, the locking tongues will snap behind the laterally projecting side pieces of the pin and engage the seat surfaces to lock the two parts together. The top part also has a projection that presses down on the upper end of the pin when the pin is inserted into the top part to hold the seat surfaces of the pin tightly against the ends of the locking tongues. With this construction, when it is necessary to remove the molding, the top part can be slid in the longitudinal direction of the molding relative to the bottom part, the upper ends of the resilient locking tongues sliding along the seat surfaces until they are free thereof, to separate the top part with the molding secured thereto from the aid bottom part which remains secured to the panel.

Claims

1. A two-part fastening clip for fastening a piece of longitudinal extending molding to a panel comprising a bottom part having means for anchoring the bottom part in a hole in said panel and a top part having means for securing said molding thereto, said bottom part having an upwardly projecting connection pin having an upper end and four sides forming a rectangular cross-section thereto, a pair of side pieces projecting laterally outward from two opposite sides of the upper end of the pin, said side pieces having downwardly facing seat surfaces that extend in a direction perpendicular to the pin and in the longitudinal direction of the molding and two outwardly and downwardly slanting slide surfaces on the other two sides of the upper end of the pin that extend downwardly below the level of the seat surfaces, said top part having a crosshead member and two spaced and downwardly depending side walls to form a U-shaped cross-section, an aperture in the crosshead member for receiving the upper end of the connection pin of the bottom part, a pair of resilient locking tongues extending inwardly and upwardly from the lower ends of the side walls of the top part toward said aperture and ending near said crosshead member thereby forming a socket in the top part for receiving the upper end of the pin whereby when the top part of the clip is pressed down on the pin of the bottom part, the locking tongues will snap behind the laterally projecting side pieces of the pin and lie adjacent said seat surfaces, said top part with a piece of molding secured thereto having a surface that engages the upper end of the pin when the pin is inserted into the top part to hold the seat surfaces of the pin tightly against the ends of the locking tongues, whereby the top part can be slid in the longitudinal direction of the molding relative to the bottom part, the upper ends of the resilient locking tongues sliding along said seat surfaces, to separate said top part with the molding secured thereto from said bottom part secured to said panel.

2. The fastening clip of claim 1, wherein the molding has a projection formed therein that extends down into the aperture of the crosshead member of the top part when it is secured to said top part, the projection having said surface as its lower end that engages with the upper end of said pin when it is inserted into said top part.

3. The fastening clip of claim 1, including a cover hinged to said crosshead member adapted to be pressed into said aperture and means for locking it in place, the lower side of said cover providing said surface that engages with the upper end of said pin when it is inserted into said top part.

4. The fastening clip of claim 1, wherein the seat surfaces are perpendicular to the support tongues.