CA2043895A1 - Decorative molding strip system for protecting a vehicle from impacts - Google Patents
Decorative molding strip system for protecting a vehicle from impactsInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A molding strip system for use on a support such as a automobile, to provide decoration or protection from minor impacts, includes an elongated molding member, fastening elements for mounting the molding member on the support, and a retaining member at the end of the molding member. The retaining member includes an end cap and a tongue-shaped projection which fits into an elongated cavity in the molding member. In one embodiment, the fastening elements extend into the cavity through a continuous slot in the rear side of the molding member. Furthermore the tongue-shaped projection has an opening which accommodates a spring with a detent for latching the retaining member to the molding member and another opening which receive part of the nearest fastening element to precisely position it. In another embodiment, the fastening elements extend into the cavity through individual keyhole-shaped openings. This embodiment also has a spring with a detent for latching the retaining member to the molding member. Furthermore the end of the tongue-shaped projections keeps the nearest fastening element at the narrow end of its keyhole opening. This not only precisely posi-tions the fastening element with respect to the end cap and hence the end of the molding member, it also prevents the fastening element from reaching the large end of its keyhole opening.
A molding strip system for use on a support such as a automobile, to provide decoration or protection from minor impacts, includes an elongated molding member, fastening elements for mounting the molding member on the support, and a retaining member at the end of the molding member. The retaining member includes an end cap and a tongue-shaped projection which fits into an elongated cavity in the molding member. In one embodiment, the fastening elements extend into the cavity through a continuous slot in the rear side of the molding member. Furthermore the tongue-shaped projection has an opening which accommodates a spring with a detent for latching the retaining member to the molding member and another opening which receive part of the nearest fastening element to precisely position it. In another embodiment, the fastening elements extend into the cavity through individual keyhole-shaped openings. This embodiment also has a spring with a detent for latching the retaining member to the molding member. Furthermore the end of the tongue-shaped projections keeps the nearest fastening element at the narrow end of its keyhole opening. This not only precisely posi-tions the fastening element with respect to the end cap and hence the end of the molding member, it also prevents the fastening element from reaching the large end of its keyhole opening.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority of Application Serial Number G 90 06 548.4, filed June sty, 1990 in Germany, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a decorative, impact protecting molding strip system for vehicles, such as motor vehicles.
More particularly, the invention relates to a molding strip system of the type wherein an elongated molding member is provided either with a longitudinally extending continuous cavity and penetration recesses provided at a contact side which faces a fastening support that is, the vehicle), or with a C-shaped cross section and a continuous longitudinally extending slot at the contact side, in each case for the insertion of fastening elements. The molding member is terminated at its end faces by subsequently attached end caps which, in their terminating regions, correspond to the cross section of the molding member and are inserted into the cavity or the slot, respectively, by means of tongue-shaped retaining members.
DEMOS [German Laid-Open Patent Application] 1,930,493 discloses a molding strip system wherein, at the connection location, the end piece has an outline which corresponds to the profile of the molding member. The end piece is provided in the form of a cap which projects beyond the end of the molding member and is held at the molding member by fastening means. The fastening means of the cap engage holdingly into corresponding recesses provided in the molding member.
The molding member itself has a C-shaped cross section with a continuous slot extending longitudinally along the contact side for the insertion of fastening elements. These fastening elements are generally fastening clips which are inserted into the slot so as to grip behind the delimiting walls of the slot and which are displaceable supported in the slot. The drawback of this configuration is its labor-intensive installation. After application of the end cap, the fastening clips lie freely displaceable in the slot provided in the contact side toward the fastening support.
The fastening clips must be pushed precisely over detent recesses in the fastening support and then the individual clips must be pressed into these fastening openings. If there is even the slightest displacement during handling, connection difficulties result which may require more frequent readjustment of the fastening clips.
DEMOS 2,330,202 discloses an end piece made of plastic for an impact protection molding strip system or rubbing strip system, with the molding member having a C-shaped cross section. A fastening member of the end piece is inserted into the cavity of the molding member, while the visible end region is adapted to the outer contour of the molding member and is flush with it. The inserted fastening member of the end piece is T-shaped, with two edges of the T
lying in a pretension Ed state against the ends and one edge lying in the center of the C-shaped cross section of the molding member.
In this manner of fastening the end caps as well, the fastening clips lie freely movable in a C-shaped receiving region that is oriented toward the fate nine support. Moreover, the stated configuration has the drawback that the fastening of the end piece is based exclusively on the tension of the T-shaped fastening member which is inserted into the inner cross section of the molding member. In car washes or under similar stresses, this merely clamped-in end piece may easily be removed from its seat.
Finally DEMOS 2,804,022 discloses a holding means for a decorative molding member strip system having an essentially C-shaped cross-sectional profile on a plate-shaped carrier, for example, the body of a vehicle For this purpose, an insert is fixed to one end of the molding member and carries in a recess the holding clip at the end. The insert may be glued into the C-shaped cross section of the molding member and may in this way be held immobile. In this way, the first holding clip can be reliably fixed at a given distance from the free end of the molding member. However, this reference does not provide an end cap, so that such an end cap must additionally be fastened to the free end of the molding member.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Lucy is where the invention comes in, whose object it is to provide a retaining member having a combined end cap and insert with which the end cap as well as the first fastening clip can be immovably fixed when used at an end of the molding member. According to this invention, in the vicinity of the end cap, a detent spring is formed out of the face of a tongue-shaped projection by way of a short transverse cut and two longer axial cuts. At the side of the end cap, the detent spring remains connected in one piece with the retaining member. A raised detent for latching the retaining member in place is provided on the detent spring. In a first embodiment, the raised detent is oriented away from the fastening support and engages a recess in the molding member, and furthermore the tongue-shaped projection has a receiving opening to receive an associated fastening element. In a second embodiment, the raised detent is oriented toward the fastening support and engages behind the edge of an opening in the side of the molding member facing the fastening support. Moreover in the second embodiment the free end of the tongue-shaped projection, where it faces away from the end cap, is configured to secure the molding member from disk placement relative to the associated fastening element.
The installation process for a molding strip system in accordance with the invention is considered to be a par-titular advantage over the prior art. In the first embody-mint, the last fastening element on the side of the end cap is initially inserted into the receiving opening in the tongue shaped projection. This provides a displacement-preventing arrangement.
The fastening element has a plate-shaped base which can be inserted into the receiving opening with a precise fit.
Then the tongue-shaped projection of the retaining member is pushed into the cavity of the molding member and the fastening element retained by the receiving opening slides I longitudinally along the slot until the raised detent engages the recess in the holding member. In this state, because of the special configuration, the inner side of the end cap lies firmly against the associated end face of the molding member.
In this final seat, the fastening element is held firmly and immovably. Due to this installation process, the final seat of the end cap and of the first fastening element are fixed with respect to the end of the molding member.
In the second embodiment of the invention, the free end of the tongue-shaped projection (that is, the end remote from the end cap) lies between the end cap and the fastening element nearest to the end cap when the tongue-shaped projection is fully inserted into the cavity in the molding member and latched by the raised detent. The free end engages the nearest fastening element so that the molding member is secured against displacement. The fastening element projects from the fastening support and passes through an associated opening into the cavity of the molding member. This manner of fastening is selected if the fasten-in elements project from the fastening support as fixed points. In the second embodiment, the fastening elements are advantageously T-shaped and extend through associated openings in the molding member. Each of these opening has a keyhole shape. When the raised detent on the detent spring engages the opening in the molding member nearest the end of the molding member, the end of the tongue-shaped projection is simultaneously clamped against the fastening element which passes through that opening and thus the molding member is fixed on the fastening element.
Lowe keyhole-shaped openings preferably have relatively large portions and relatively narrow portions, with the relatively large portions being oriented toward the end of the strip. In this way, the insertion of the tongue shaped projection into the cavity in the molding member until the raised detent engages the opening nearest the end causes the fastening element to be displaced from the relatively large portion to the relatively narrow portion, and thus the molding member is definitively fixed at the fastening support during the latching process. The fastening elements have heads which, during the fixing of the molding member on the fastening support, must initially be inserted over the entire length of the strip through the relatively large portions of the keyhole-shaped openings. Then the tongue-shaped projection is introduced into the cavity at the endow the molding member and is pushed forward until it comes in contact with the head of the fastening element nearest the end. A further displacement of the end cap and of the tongue-shaped projection extending from it causes the shafts of the fastening elements to be displaced from the relatively large portions of the keyhole-shaped openings into the relatively narrow portions until the raised detent at the tongue-shaped projection engages in an opening of the strip.
Then the fixing process is completed.
BRIM F DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating an end of a molding strip system in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention fixed to a fastening support;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken through the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the clip-in installation of the molding strip system according to Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating an end of a molding strip system in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention, in which the fastening elements project outwardly from the fastening support;
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken through the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4;
Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the installation of the molding strip system according to Figures 4 and 5.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the end region of a molding system, in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, that is fixed to a fastening support 1. Fastening support 1 may be an outer metal panel of an automobile, and the molding strip system serves to protect it from minor impacts while also having a decorative function. The molding strip system includes an elongated molding member 2 with a guide channel or cavity 21 and with a slot 22 leading to cavity 21. The shaft 41 of a fastening element 4 extends through slot 22. A retaining member PA has a tongue-shaped projection 3 which is accommodated in cavity 2 and an end cap 31 with inwardly disposed delimiting faces 311 and 312. When retaining member PA is in the latched state (as will be discussed), faces 311 and 312 lie firmly against the end faces 23 and 24 of molding member 2.
Retaining member 3 also includes a detent spring 32 which is connected in one piece with end cap 31 and which is provided with a raised detent 321 at its free end. As is shown in Figure 3, detent spring 32 extends longitudinally in an opening 35. A Unshaped slot (not numbered) provides opening 35 and separates detent spring 32 from adjacent regions of tongue-shaped projection 3. In Figure 1, detent 321 is shown inserted into a recess 25 in molding member 2 and together with the molding member forms a detent connection.
The base 42 of fastening element 4 is inserted into a receiving opening 33 (also see Figure 3) in the tongue-shaped projection 3.
The insertion of base 42 into the receiving opening 33 can be effected by way of a detent engagement, as is shown in Figure 2. The delimiting walls 331 and 332 of receiving opening 33 have detent bulges 3311 and 3321. When installed, these detent bulges fetchingly engage detent recesses 421 and 422 of base 42 of fastening element 4. Base 42 has a spacer 43 which lies adjacent the bottom of cavity 21.
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the installation of the molding strip system according to Figures 1 and 2 on the fastening support 1. The receiving opening 33 for fastening element 4 is disposed axially behind detent spring 32 in the tongue-shaped projection 3. End cap 31 is integrally connected to the tongue-shaped projection 3.
For installation, the base 42 of fastening element 4 is initially inserted into the receiving opening 33 in the tongue-shaped projection 3, and is latched into it. Then, the tongue-shaped projection 3 is inserted into the cavity 21 of molding member 2 and is displaced until detent spring 32 latches into recess 25 (Figure 1). During this insertion process, shaft 41 of fastening element 4 is displaced within slot 22 until it reaches its final position, that is, until detent spring 32 engages in recess 25.
This latching process fixes fastening element 4, which clips into a fastening hole 11 in the fastening support 1, at -- 11. --a predetermined distance from the free end of molding member 2. Further fastening elements 4 are pushed into the correspondingly spaced fastening holes 12 and 13 to clip them into these fastening holes. Then the latching process is completed. molding member 2 can be released from fastening support 1 only by overcoming the latching pressure of fastening elements 4.
The embodiment shown in Figures 4 to 6 corresponds in principle to the above-described embodiment. One difference is that the fastening element 4' projects from fastening support 1 and the molding member 2' has keyhole-shaped openings 5 on its contact side (see Figure 6) rather than a continuous slot communicating with the cavity 21. The openings 5 have relatively large passage portions 51 and relatively narrow shaft portions 52. The tongue-shaped projection 3' of retaining member 3B has no receiving opening for the base of the fastening element. The tongue-shaped projection 3' is provided with a detent spring 32' whose raised detent 321' is offset by 180 relative to the if-lust ration in Figure 1. The reason for this is that raised detent 321', when latched, engages in the large passage portion 51 of the keyhole-shaped opening 5. The end region 34 of tongue-shaped projection 3' keeps head 42' of fastening element 4' lodged behind the narrower passage opening 52, and head 42' grips underneath the associated wall regions of molding member 2' to thus immovably fix it to fastening support l. The same fastening process takes place with the further fastening elements 4' fixed to fastening support 1.
The molding strip system according to the invention can also be employed for window slot covers, for entrance strips, for window frame moldings and for similar strips.
It will be understood that the above description of the present invention is susceptible to various modifications, changes, and adaptations, and the same are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the appended claims.
This application claims the priority of Application Serial Number G 90 06 548.4, filed June sty, 1990 in Germany, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a decorative, impact protecting molding strip system for vehicles, such as motor vehicles.
More particularly, the invention relates to a molding strip system of the type wherein an elongated molding member is provided either with a longitudinally extending continuous cavity and penetration recesses provided at a contact side which faces a fastening support that is, the vehicle), or with a C-shaped cross section and a continuous longitudinally extending slot at the contact side, in each case for the insertion of fastening elements. The molding member is terminated at its end faces by subsequently attached end caps which, in their terminating regions, correspond to the cross section of the molding member and are inserted into the cavity or the slot, respectively, by means of tongue-shaped retaining members.
DEMOS [German Laid-Open Patent Application] 1,930,493 discloses a molding strip system wherein, at the connection location, the end piece has an outline which corresponds to the profile of the molding member. The end piece is provided in the form of a cap which projects beyond the end of the molding member and is held at the molding member by fastening means. The fastening means of the cap engage holdingly into corresponding recesses provided in the molding member.
The molding member itself has a C-shaped cross section with a continuous slot extending longitudinally along the contact side for the insertion of fastening elements. These fastening elements are generally fastening clips which are inserted into the slot so as to grip behind the delimiting walls of the slot and which are displaceable supported in the slot. The drawback of this configuration is its labor-intensive installation. After application of the end cap, the fastening clips lie freely displaceable in the slot provided in the contact side toward the fastening support.
The fastening clips must be pushed precisely over detent recesses in the fastening support and then the individual clips must be pressed into these fastening openings. If there is even the slightest displacement during handling, connection difficulties result which may require more frequent readjustment of the fastening clips.
DEMOS 2,330,202 discloses an end piece made of plastic for an impact protection molding strip system or rubbing strip system, with the molding member having a C-shaped cross section. A fastening member of the end piece is inserted into the cavity of the molding member, while the visible end region is adapted to the outer contour of the molding member and is flush with it. The inserted fastening member of the end piece is T-shaped, with two edges of the T
lying in a pretension Ed state against the ends and one edge lying in the center of the C-shaped cross section of the molding member.
In this manner of fastening the end caps as well, the fastening clips lie freely movable in a C-shaped receiving region that is oriented toward the fate nine support. Moreover, the stated configuration has the drawback that the fastening of the end piece is based exclusively on the tension of the T-shaped fastening member which is inserted into the inner cross section of the molding member. In car washes or under similar stresses, this merely clamped-in end piece may easily be removed from its seat.
Finally DEMOS 2,804,022 discloses a holding means for a decorative molding member strip system having an essentially C-shaped cross-sectional profile on a plate-shaped carrier, for example, the body of a vehicle For this purpose, an insert is fixed to one end of the molding member and carries in a recess the holding clip at the end. The insert may be glued into the C-shaped cross section of the molding member and may in this way be held immobile. In this way, the first holding clip can be reliably fixed at a given distance from the free end of the molding member. However, this reference does not provide an end cap, so that such an end cap must additionally be fastened to the free end of the molding member.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Lucy is where the invention comes in, whose object it is to provide a retaining member having a combined end cap and insert with which the end cap as well as the first fastening clip can be immovably fixed when used at an end of the molding member. According to this invention, in the vicinity of the end cap, a detent spring is formed out of the face of a tongue-shaped projection by way of a short transverse cut and two longer axial cuts. At the side of the end cap, the detent spring remains connected in one piece with the retaining member. A raised detent for latching the retaining member in place is provided on the detent spring. In a first embodiment, the raised detent is oriented away from the fastening support and engages a recess in the molding member, and furthermore the tongue-shaped projection has a receiving opening to receive an associated fastening element. In a second embodiment, the raised detent is oriented toward the fastening support and engages behind the edge of an opening in the side of the molding member facing the fastening support. Moreover in the second embodiment the free end of the tongue-shaped projection, where it faces away from the end cap, is configured to secure the molding member from disk placement relative to the associated fastening element.
The installation process for a molding strip system in accordance with the invention is considered to be a par-titular advantage over the prior art. In the first embody-mint, the last fastening element on the side of the end cap is initially inserted into the receiving opening in the tongue shaped projection. This provides a displacement-preventing arrangement.
The fastening element has a plate-shaped base which can be inserted into the receiving opening with a precise fit.
Then the tongue-shaped projection of the retaining member is pushed into the cavity of the molding member and the fastening element retained by the receiving opening slides I longitudinally along the slot until the raised detent engages the recess in the holding member. In this state, because of the special configuration, the inner side of the end cap lies firmly against the associated end face of the molding member.
In this final seat, the fastening element is held firmly and immovably. Due to this installation process, the final seat of the end cap and of the first fastening element are fixed with respect to the end of the molding member.
In the second embodiment of the invention, the free end of the tongue-shaped projection (that is, the end remote from the end cap) lies between the end cap and the fastening element nearest to the end cap when the tongue-shaped projection is fully inserted into the cavity in the molding member and latched by the raised detent. The free end engages the nearest fastening element so that the molding member is secured against displacement. The fastening element projects from the fastening support and passes through an associated opening into the cavity of the molding member. This manner of fastening is selected if the fasten-in elements project from the fastening support as fixed points. In the second embodiment, the fastening elements are advantageously T-shaped and extend through associated openings in the molding member. Each of these opening has a keyhole shape. When the raised detent on the detent spring engages the opening in the molding member nearest the end of the molding member, the end of the tongue-shaped projection is simultaneously clamped against the fastening element which passes through that opening and thus the molding member is fixed on the fastening element.
Lowe keyhole-shaped openings preferably have relatively large portions and relatively narrow portions, with the relatively large portions being oriented toward the end of the strip. In this way, the insertion of the tongue shaped projection into the cavity in the molding member until the raised detent engages the opening nearest the end causes the fastening element to be displaced from the relatively large portion to the relatively narrow portion, and thus the molding member is definitively fixed at the fastening support during the latching process. The fastening elements have heads which, during the fixing of the molding member on the fastening support, must initially be inserted over the entire length of the strip through the relatively large portions of the keyhole-shaped openings. Then the tongue-shaped projection is introduced into the cavity at the endow the molding member and is pushed forward until it comes in contact with the head of the fastening element nearest the end. A further displacement of the end cap and of the tongue-shaped projection extending from it causes the shafts of the fastening elements to be displaced from the relatively large portions of the keyhole-shaped openings into the relatively narrow portions until the raised detent at the tongue-shaped projection engages in an opening of the strip.
Then the fixing process is completed.
BRIM F DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating an end of a molding strip system in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention fixed to a fastening support;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken through the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the clip-in installation of the molding strip system according to Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating an end of a molding strip system in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention, in which the fastening elements project outwardly from the fastening support;
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken through the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4;
Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the installation of the molding strip system according to Figures 4 and 5.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the end region of a molding system, in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, that is fixed to a fastening support 1. Fastening support 1 may be an outer metal panel of an automobile, and the molding strip system serves to protect it from minor impacts while also having a decorative function. The molding strip system includes an elongated molding member 2 with a guide channel or cavity 21 and with a slot 22 leading to cavity 21. The shaft 41 of a fastening element 4 extends through slot 22. A retaining member PA has a tongue-shaped projection 3 which is accommodated in cavity 2 and an end cap 31 with inwardly disposed delimiting faces 311 and 312. When retaining member PA is in the latched state (as will be discussed), faces 311 and 312 lie firmly against the end faces 23 and 24 of molding member 2.
Retaining member 3 also includes a detent spring 32 which is connected in one piece with end cap 31 and which is provided with a raised detent 321 at its free end. As is shown in Figure 3, detent spring 32 extends longitudinally in an opening 35. A Unshaped slot (not numbered) provides opening 35 and separates detent spring 32 from adjacent regions of tongue-shaped projection 3. In Figure 1, detent 321 is shown inserted into a recess 25 in molding member 2 and together with the molding member forms a detent connection.
The base 42 of fastening element 4 is inserted into a receiving opening 33 (also see Figure 3) in the tongue-shaped projection 3.
The insertion of base 42 into the receiving opening 33 can be effected by way of a detent engagement, as is shown in Figure 2. The delimiting walls 331 and 332 of receiving opening 33 have detent bulges 3311 and 3321. When installed, these detent bulges fetchingly engage detent recesses 421 and 422 of base 42 of fastening element 4. Base 42 has a spacer 43 which lies adjacent the bottom of cavity 21.
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the installation of the molding strip system according to Figures 1 and 2 on the fastening support 1. The receiving opening 33 for fastening element 4 is disposed axially behind detent spring 32 in the tongue-shaped projection 3. End cap 31 is integrally connected to the tongue-shaped projection 3.
For installation, the base 42 of fastening element 4 is initially inserted into the receiving opening 33 in the tongue-shaped projection 3, and is latched into it. Then, the tongue-shaped projection 3 is inserted into the cavity 21 of molding member 2 and is displaced until detent spring 32 latches into recess 25 (Figure 1). During this insertion process, shaft 41 of fastening element 4 is displaced within slot 22 until it reaches its final position, that is, until detent spring 32 engages in recess 25.
This latching process fixes fastening element 4, which clips into a fastening hole 11 in the fastening support 1, at -- 11. --a predetermined distance from the free end of molding member 2. Further fastening elements 4 are pushed into the correspondingly spaced fastening holes 12 and 13 to clip them into these fastening holes. Then the latching process is completed. molding member 2 can be released from fastening support 1 only by overcoming the latching pressure of fastening elements 4.
The embodiment shown in Figures 4 to 6 corresponds in principle to the above-described embodiment. One difference is that the fastening element 4' projects from fastening support 1 and the molding member 2' has keyhole-shaped openings 5 on its contact side (see Figure 6) rather than a continuous slot communicating with the cavity 21. The openings 5 have relatively large passage portions 51 and relatively narrow shaft portions 52. The tongue-shaped projection 3' of retaining member 3B has no receiving opening for the base of the fastening element. The tongue-shaped projection 3' is provided with a detent spring 32' whose raised detent 321' is offset by 180 relative to the if-lust ration in Figure 1. The reason for this is that raised detent 321', when latched, engages in the large passage portion 51 of the keyhole-shaped opening 5. The end region 34 of tongue-shaped projection 3' keeps head 42' of fastening element 4' lodged behind the narrower passage opening 52, and head 42' grips underneath the associated wall regions of molding member 2' to thus immovably fix it to fastening support l. The same fastening process takes place with the further fastening elements 4' fixed to fastening support 1.
The molding strip system according to the invention can also be employed for window slot covers, for entrance strips, for window frame moldings and for similar strips.
It will be understood that the above description of the present invention is susceptible to various modifications, changes, and adaptations, and the same are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the appended claims.
Claims (12)
1. A molding strip system for use on a support to provide decoration or impact protection, comprising:
an elongated molding member having an end and having an elongated contact side, the molding member additionally having an elongated cavity which extends from the end and having at least one opening on the contact side, the at least one opening communicating with the cavity;
means for fastening the molding member on the support with the contact side of the molding member facing the support, the means for fastening including a plurality of fastening elements which extend through the at least one opening and into the cavity; and a retaining member that includes an end cap which closes the end of the molding member, a tongue-shape projection which extends from the end cap into the cavity, the tongue-shaped projection having an opening and additionally having means for retaining one of the fastening elements at a predetermined position relative to the end cap, a detent spring in the opening of the tongue-shaped projection, and raised detent means on the detent spring for keeping the tongue-shaped projection in the cavity
an elongated molding member having an end and having an elongated contact side, the molding member additionally having an elongated cavity which extends from the end and having at least one opening on the contact side, the at least one opening communicating with the cavity;
means for fastening the molding member on the support with the contact side of the molding member facing the support, the means for fastening including a plurality of fastening elements which extend through the at least one opening and into the cavity; and a retaining member that includes an end cap which closes the end of the molding member, a tongue-shape projection which extends from the end cap into the cavity, the tongue-shaped projection having an opening and additionally having means for retaining one of the fastening elements at a predetermined position relative to the end cap, a detent spring in the opening of the tongue-shaped projection, and raised detent means on the detent spring for keeping the tongue-shaped projection in the cavity
2. The molding strip system of claim 2, wherein the fastening elements have bases, wherein the tongue-shaped projection has a free end which is oriented away from the end cap, and wherein the means for retaining one of the fastening elements at a predetermined position relative to the end cap comprises another opening in the tongue-shaped projection to receive the base of said one of the fastening elements, the another opening in the tongue-shaped projection being disposed adjacent the fee end of the tongue-shaped projection and the opening in the tongue-shaped projection for the detent spring being disposed adjacent the end cap.
3. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the at least one opening on the contact side of the molding member is provided by a plurality of spaced-apart holes, wherein each fastening element projects from the support through a respective one of the holes and has a head disposed in the cavity, and wherein the means for retaining one of the fastening elements at a predetermined position relative to the end cap comprises a free end of the tongue-shaped projection the free end of the tongue-shaped projection being remote from the end cap end lying against the head of said one of the fastening elements when the tongue-shaped projection is fully inserted into the cavity to keep said one of the fastening elements at said predetermined position relative to the end cap.
4. The molding system of claim 3, wherein the fastening elements are T-shaped when seen from the side, with the heads of the fastening elements being at the top of the T, and wherein the spaced-apart holes on the contact side of the molding member are keyhole-shaped.
5. The molding strip system of claim 4, wherein each keyhole-shaped hole has a relatively large portion and a relatively narrow portion, the relatively large portion being oriented toward the end cap.
6. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the at least one opening on the contact side of the molding member is provided by a plurality of spaced-apart holes, each hole being elongated in the longitudinal direction of the molding member and having a first portion which is oriented toward the end cap and a second portion which is narrower than the first portion and which is oriented away from the end cap, wherein each fastening element projects from the support through a respective one of the holes and has a head disposed in the cavity, the head being dimensioned so that it can pass through the first portion of the respective one of the holes but cannot pass through the second portion of the respective one of the holes, and wherein the means for retaining one of the fastening elements at a predetermined position relative to the end cap comprises a free end of the tongue-shaped projection, the free end of the tongue-shaped projection being remote from the end cap and keeping the head of said one of the fastening elements behind the second portion of the respective one of the holes when the raised detent means keeps the tongue-shaped projection in the cavity.
7. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the support is part of a motor vehicle.
8. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the end cap has an inner side which faces the end of the molding member, and an outer configuration adjacent the inner side which substantially matches the outer configuration of the molding member so that the end cap merges visually with the molding member.
9. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the tongue-shaped projection has a U-shaped slot which defines both the opening and the detent spring in the opening, the mouth of the U being directed toward the end cap.
10. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the detent spring has a free end at the bottom of the U, and wherein the raised detent means is adjacent the free end.
11. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the at least one opening on the contact side of the molding member is a single slot, wherein the molding member has side facing away from the support and a recess in the side facing away form the support adjacent the end, the recess communicating with the cavity, and wherein the raised detent means projects away from the support for engagement with the recess.
12. The molding strip system of claim 1, wherein the at least one opening on the contact side of the molding member is provided by a plurality of spaced-apart holes, and wherein the raised detent means projects towards the support for engagement with one of the holes.
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