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Double locking device of a belt clip

  • US 5,791,019 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1995
  • Issued: 08/11/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A belt clip assembly of fixing a lever to a housing, comprising:

  • said lever including a hinge opening through which a hinge shaft passes;

    a belt clip holder for engaging the lever with the housing so that said lever is turned around said hinge shaft within a predetermined angle, said belt clip holder being provided with a hinge opening through which said hinge shaft passes such as said hinge opening, a guide projection slid into the housing, a groove formed at one side of said guide projection, an elastic hanging rib situated in a center of said belt clip holder, and a hanging projection integrally formed on a end of said elastic hanging rib;

    the housing including a guide rail into which said guide projection of said belt clip holder is slid, a hanging recess into which a hanging projection of said belt clip holder is put around a top portion and a center portion between the left and right of said guide rail, an opening provided with a tension part having a protrusion and formed at one side of said guide rail, and a guide channel formed between said opening and said guide rail;

    a lock including a protrusion adapted to be in contact with said protrusion of a tension part, and a stopper adapted to be slid into said guide channel and to be put into said groove of said belt clip holder, thereby to lock said belt clip holder into the housing, said lock being engaged with said opening of the housing and locking said belt clip holder slid into said guide rail; and

    a coil spring having said lever turned elastically around said hinge shaft within a predetermined angle after being engaged with said belt clip holder,said coil spring being situated between said lever and said belt clip holder, said hinge shaft passes through said respective hinge openings, and engaging said lever with said belt clip holder, said belt clip holder is slid into said guide rail of the housing with said aid of said guide projection so that said hanging projection of said hanging rib is put into said hanging recess, and said lock is engaged with said opening of the housing with said stopper of said lock slides into said guide channel of the housing and said protrusion of said lock is adapted to be in contact with said protrusion of said tension part.

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