Vehicle body panel with integral clip
CA 2539425 C · Owner: Landrith, Lawrence G. · Inventors: Kemeny, William S.; Vassallo, Darrel S.; Cave, Alan C.
Overview
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The invention provides an automotive vehicle plastic panel including a show surface and a hidden surface opposite the show surface. A molded fastener is foldably joined to the plastic panel by a living hinge. The molded fastener the plastic panel and the living hinge are integrally formed. The molded fastener has a base and a clip member supported on the base. The molded fastener can be fastened to the plastic panel by folding the molded fastener about the living hinge so that the molded fastener engages the hidden surface of the plastic panel in an install position. The clip member is used to fasten the automotive vehicle molding, such as a rocker panel to a vehicle.
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- Filed August 27, 2004 and granted February 7, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 27, 2026.
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