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US3018535A
US3018535A US792378A US79237859A US3018535A US 3018535 A US3018535 A US 3018535A US 792378 A US792378 A US 792378A US 79237859 A US79237859 A US 79237859A US 3018535 A US3018535 A US 3018535A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
    • F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
    • F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
    • F16B5/0664—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship at least one of the sheets or plates having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J13/00—Covers or similar closure members for pressure vessels in general
    • F16J13/02—Detachable closure members; Means for tightening closures
    • F16J13/14—Detachable closure members; Means for tightening closures attached exclusively by spring action or elastic action
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
    • F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
    • F16B21/08—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part
    • F16B21/086—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part the shank of the stud, pin or spigot having elevations, ribs, fins or prongs intended for deformation or tilting predominantly in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45471—Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration
    • Y10T24/45524—Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment
    • Y10T24/45545—Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment forming total external surface of projection
    • Y10T24/45581—Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment forming total external surface of projection having inserted end formed by oppositely biased surface segments

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  • An object of my invention is to provide an article of manufacture with attaching arms so constructed and arranged as to cooperate to permit the article to be attached to various supports with a wide range of hole sizes and variations in thicknesses.
  • plug buttons have been in use for many years and there have been attempts to provide them with means for attaching a given plug button to supports of varying thicknesses and with varying sized apertures, but these have either been too complicated or did not have a particularly large range.
  • My improved device is simple, inexpensive and will adapt itself to ranges of hole sizes and thicknesses of supports not heretofore possible with a given device of simple construction. Therefore, I have provided a more universal means for attaching various types of articles to supports.
  • FIG. 1 is an edge view of one form of a plug button embodying my invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the plug button shown in FIG. 1 with a portion of an apertured support in dotted lines;
  • FIG. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, the support being shown in cross section;
  • FIG. 4 is a section similar to FIG. 3, the support having a larger hole
  • FIG. 5 is an edge View of a modified form of a plug button.
  • FIGS. 1 through 4 provides a one piece plug button having a cap portion 1 with an inturned rear flange 2 and yieldable attaching arms 3.
  • the yieldable attaching arms 3 are divided into main support engaging portions 4 and other yieldable support engaging portions 5, the latter being formed by shearing portions of the sides of the arms and bending them so that they are normally substantially parallel with the axis of the plug button as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the plug button may be made in two pieces if desired and the shape of the arms and the number of the arms may vary without departing from the spirit of the invention.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 I have illustrated the fact that a plug button with arms formed as described may adapt itself to a minimum size hole 6 in a support 7 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the other yieldable portions 5 have moved into substantial alignment with the portions 4 and each of the entire arms has been brought into a position where the arms are substantially parallel to the axis of the plug button.
  • FIG. 4 the plug button is shown as snapped into a maximum size hole 8 in a support 9.
  • the other yieldable arm portions 5 engaging the wall surrounding the aperture 8 and hold the button in plac
  • FIG. 5 Another form of plug button arm is shown in FIG. 5 and in this instance, the other yieldable portion 5a is formed from the central portion of the yieldable arm and the main portion 4a is divided so that there is a portion at each side of the other portion 5a.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 While I have not illustrated different thicknesses of supports, a glance at FIGS. 3 and 4 will indicate to anyone skilled in the art that thinner and thicker supports 7 and 9 may easily receive the arms of the plug button, thus indicating the universal nature of my improved constructions. My devices also adapt themselves readily to irregular shaped apertures.
  • An article of manufacture having a number of yieldable attaching arms cooperating with each other to permit attachment of said article to supports having substantial variations in arm receiving aperture diameters, each of said arms having a main support engaging portion extending away from said article, and having at least one other yieldable support engaging portion formed from the main support engaging portion, having one end secured thereto, said yieldable support engaging portions extending in other planes than the planes of the main portions to receive the initial yielding movement when pressed into an aperture in a support and to remain in frictional engagement therewith, the said other yieldable support engaging arms providing the holding means in supports with large apertures and the said main support en aging portions providing the holding means in supports with minimum size apertures, said arms entering into frictional engagement with the walls of said aperture to retain the closure in assembly.
  • a closure member having a plurality of yieldable attaching arms cooperating to allow snap engagement with an apertured support, said member comprising a base portion, a first series of arms extending substantially normal to said base portion with the distal ends inclined toward the central axis of said base portion, and a second series of arms formed from said first arms each having a free end extending upwardly in the direction of said base but spaced therefrom, said second series of arms adapted for lateral flexing by frictional engagement with the aperture walls to compensate for variations in aperture diameters, each of said second series of arms having one end joined to a portion of one of said first arms.
  • a closure member for universal application to a support having a maximum and minimum range of aperture diameters said member including a first series of attaching arms extending substantially normal to a base portion having their distal ends inclined toward a central axis, and a second series of arms formed from said first arms and each of said second series having one end joined to an arm of said first series, the free ends of said second series of arms extending in the direction of the base substantially parallel to the plane of the central axis, whereby said second arms will flex inwardly upon insertion of the member within the aperture to compensate for variations in aperture diameters.

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Jan. 30, 1962 T. R. GRIFFIN 3,018,535
CLOSURE MEMBER Filed Feb. 10, 1959 In?) enio? Tfiveoolore R. Griffin,
United States Patent ()fiice 5,dl8,535 Fatented Jan. 30, 1962 3,018,535 CTLGSIURE MEMBER a Theodore It. Grithn, Wilton, NH, assignor to United- Carr Fastener Corporation, Qamhridge, Mass a corporation of Delaware Filed Feb. 1t), 1959, Ser. No. 792,373 3 (Ilairns. (til. 24--2ll3) My invention aims to provide improvements in the attaching means for various articles of manufacture such, for instance, as so-called plug buttons.
An object of my invention is to provide an article of manufacture with attaching arms so constructed and arranged as to cooperate to permit the article to be attached to various supports with a wide range of hole sizes and variations in thicknesses.
So-called plug buttons have been in use for many years and there have been attempts to provide them with means for attaching a given plug button to supports of varying thicknesses and with varying sized apertures, but these have either been too complicated or did not have a particularly large range. My improved device is simple, inexpensive and will adapt itself to ranges of hole sizes and thicknesses of supports not heretofore possible with a given device of simple construction. Therefore, I have provided a more universal means for attaching various types of articles to supports.
Other objects of the invention will, in part, be obvious, and will, in part, appear hereinafter.
In the drawing:
FIG. 1 is an edge view of one form of a plug button embodying my invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the plug button shown in FIG. 1 with a portion of an apertured support in dotted lines;
FIG. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, the support being shown in cross section;
FIG. 4 is a section similar to FIG. 3, the support having a larger hole; and
FIG. 5 is an edge View of a modified form of a plug button.
The embodiment of my invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4 provides a one piece plug button having a cap portion 1 with an inturned rear flange 2 and yieldable attaching arms 3. The yieldable attaching arms 3 are divided into main support engaging portions 4 and other yieldable support engaging portions 5, the latter being formed by shearing portions of the sides of the arms and bending them so that they are normally substantially parallel with the axis of the plug button as shown in FIG. 1.
The plug button may be made in two pieces if desired and the shape of the arms and the number of the arms may vary without departing from the spirit of the invention.
In FIGS. 3 and 4, I have illustrated the fact that a plug button with arms formed as described may adapt itself to a minimum size hole 6 in a support 7 as shown in FIG. 3. In this instance the other yieldable portions 5 have moved into substantial alignment with the portions 4 and each of the entire arms has been brought into a position where the arms are substantially parallel to the axis of the plug button.
In FIG. 4 the plug button is shown as snapped into a maximum size hole 8 in a support 9. In this instance the other yieldable arm portions 5 engaging the wall surrounding the aperture 8 and hold the button in plac Another form of plug button arm is shown in FIG. 5 and in this instance, the other yieldable portion 5a is formed from the central portion of the yieldable arm and the main portion 4a is divided so that there is a portion at each side of the other portion 5a. In any event, the
operation of the legs of the device shown in FIG. 5 is substantially the same as described in connection with the construction of the legs shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
While I have not illustrated different thicknesses of supports, a glance at FIGS. 3 and 4 will indicate to anyone skilled in the art that thinner and thicker supports 7 and 9 may easily receive the arms of the plug button, thus indicating the universal nature of my improved constructions. My devices also adapt themselves readily to irregular shaped apertures.
While I have illustrated and described preferred embodiments of my invention, the scope of my invention is best defined by the following claims.
I claim:
1. An article of manufacture having a number of yieldable attaching arms cooperating with each other to permit attachment of said article to supports having substantial variations in arm receiving aperture diameters, each of said arms having a main support engaging portion extending away from said article, and having at least one other yieldable support engaging portion formed from the main support engaging portion, having one end secured thereto, said yieldable support engaging portions extending in other planes than the planes of the main portions to receive the initial yielding movement when pressed into an aperture in a support and to remain in frictional engagement therewith, the said other yieldable support engaging arms providing the holding means in supports with large apertures and the said main support en aging portions providing the holding means in supports with minimum size apertures, said arms entering into frictional engagement with the walls of said aperture to retain the closure in assembly.
2. A closure member having a plurality of yieldable attaching arms cooperating to allow snap engagement with an apertured support, said member comprising a base portion, a first series of arms extending substantially normal to said base portion with the distal ends inclined toward the central axis of said base portion, and a second series of arms formed from said first arms each having a free end extending upwardly in the direction of said base but spaced therefrom, said second series of arms adapted for lateral flexing by frictional engagement with the aperture walls to compensate for variations in aperture diameters, each of said second series of arms having one end joined to a portion of one of said first arms.
3. A closure member for universal application to a support having a maximum and minimum range of aperture diameters, said member including a first series of attaching arms extending substantially normal to a base portion having their distal ends inclined toward a central axis, and a second series of arms formed from said first arms and each of said second series having one end joined to an arm of said first series, the free ends of said second series of arms extending in the direction of the base substantially parallel to the plane of the central axis, whereby said second arms will flex inwardly upon insertion of the member within the aperture to compensate for variations in aperture diameters.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,303,148 Tinnerman Nov. 24, 1942 2,315,211 Kost Mar. 30, 1943 2,537,786 Poupitsch Jan. 9, 1951 2,552,917 Becker May 15, 1951 2,644,213 Bedford July 7, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 651,568 Great Britain Apr. 4, 1951
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USRE30326E (en) * 1977-07-20 1980-07-08 Trw Inc. Panel hole closure
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US4778161A (en) * 1986-01-22 1988-10-18 Bendix France Device for securing a spring on a rod
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