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Mounting device for a front mounted removable handle and the like

  • US 5,519,917 A
  • Filed: 08/05/1994
  • Issued: 05/28/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A support handle for an automotive interior, said handle characterized by:

  • a resiliently flexible body;

    an inner frame member having a center section and two end sections;

    said center section of said inner frame being embedded in said body;

    said two end sections of said frame member extending out of respective ends of said body;

    each of said end sections having a notch therein for allowing said end section to extend through an aperture in an connectable support bracket thereunder and be laterally movable therein between a first position that allows axial disengagement and a second position that prevents axial disengagement;

    said body having a tab section extending therefrom;

    an abutment shoulder spaced from said end section and abuttable against said tab section to retain said handle frame member end in said second position against movement toward said first position;

    said tab section being flexible to allow it be pried upward and disengaged from said abutment shoulder to allow said frame member end to move laterally into said first position to allow disengagement of said handle from said support bracket.

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