Snap-in fastener
CA 2175508 C · Owner: Eaton Corporation · Inventors: Danby, Michael R.; Clinch, James Patrick
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A snap-in type fastener (100) is provided that is adapted to have an object such as automobile trim (24) secured hereto by a threaded member such as a screw (26) and which features a pair of opposed resilient fingers (14 14') having a contoured cross-, section enabling them to flatten as they are pressed into an aperture (32) in a panel (30) until free-ends (17,17') respectively of tabs (16,16') extending respectively therefrom spring or snaps outwardly to engage the opposite side of panel (30) to lockingly secure fastener 100 (and trim 24) to panel (30) while enabling fingers (14,14') to resume their original contoured cross-sectional configuration.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 1, 1996 and granted November 28, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 1, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 1, 2018.
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