Clip assembly for an automotive vehicle
CA 2378226 A1 · Owner: Davis, Erik Richard · Inventors: Davey, Geoffrey William; Brandl, Terry Lynn; Davis, Erik Richard
Overview
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A clip assembly (10) presents indicia (14) on an interior panel of a vehicle. The clip assembly has a face plate (16) having indicia thereon and a base (18) for mounting the clip assembly to the interior panel. The face plate has at least two barbed posts (22, 24). The base has a contour which is asymmetrical in at least one direction. The base engages with a complementarily shaped recess on the interior panel such that the base is received therein in only one orientation. The base has at least two complementary apertures (34 36) , receiving the posts. The apertures and the posts are constructed and arranged such that the face plate engages the base through the interior panel (12) in …
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- Filed August 4, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 4, 2020.
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