Patent ID: 11906089
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  B | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A co-molded snap-on support base comprising:
a top portion;
a bottom portion co-molded with the top portion, the bottom portion comprising:
an attachment clip designed for a one-step snap-on attachment to an elongate bar structure, the attachment clip comprising:
a first side attachment arm and a second side attachment arm, to secure the co-molded snap-on support base to a portion of the elongate bar structure, the first side attachment arm and the second side attachment arm each having a sloped surface portion with a first end adjacent a bottommost end of the bottom portion and with a second end; and
a lateral retaining strip formed on each of the first side attachment arm and the second side attachment arm, to clamp against bottom ends of the portion of the elongate bar structure, each lateral retaining strip having a first side surface adjacent the second end of the sloped surface portion, and each lateral retaining strip having a square shaped profile or a rectangular shaped profile; and

at least one secondary retaining clip projecting from an interior surface of the bottom portion of the co-molded snap-on support base into a channel formed between the first side attachment arm and the second side attachment arm, the at least one secondary retaining clip designed to mate with at least one hole in the elongate bar structure, to align and to further secure the co-molded snap-on support base to the elongate bar structure, and the at least one secondary retaining clip consisting of two clip portions, including a first clip portion with a flat side opposite a flat side of a second clip portion and with a gap between the flat side of the first clip portion and the flat side of the second clip portion, each of the first clip portion and the second clip portion having a stem portion extending downwardly from the interior surface of the bottom portion, and having a head portion integral with, and extending downwardly from the stem portion, and a top end of the head portion having a greater width than the stem portion, and each of the first clip portion and the second clip portion having a one-half truncated cone shape profile,
wherein the co-molded snap-on support base is used to reduce a time of installation of apparatuses for routing elongate elements.