Mechanical lock for vehicle trim panels and the like
CA 2075601 A1 · Owner: Berdan, Karl · Inventors: Berdan, Karl; Mendes, Louis
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A vehicle body side molding comprises a trim plate and a rub strip covering part of the trim plate. The rub strip includes tabs integrally formed with the strip and projecting into apertures formed in the trim plate. The periphery of the apertures is formed with resilient barbs that engage the tab and hold it in the aperture. The tabs project from a planar abutment surface that limits movement of the tab into the aperture.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed August 7, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 7, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 7, 2014.
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