Patent ID: 9322420
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B60K,B60R,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A fastener for connecting an article with a support structure, said fastener comprising a base, a clamp arm integrally formed as one piece with said base, said clamp arm having a first end portion which is connected with said base at a first end portion of said base, said clamp arm having a second end portion which is spaced from a second end portion of said base and which cooperates with said second end portion of said base to form an entrance through which the article extends, a first locking tab extending from an inner side surface of said base toward said clamp arm into a first opening in the article, said first locking tab being spaced from said first end portion of said base and disposed adjacent to said second end portion of said base, and a second locking tab extending from an inner side surface of said clamp arm toward said base into a second opening in the article, said second locking tab being spaced from said second end portion of said clamp arm and disposed adjacent to said first end portion of said clamp arm, wherein said inner side surface of said clamp arm includes a linear portion from which said second locking tab extends and an arcuate portion which is disposed between said linear portion of said inner side surface of said clamp arm and said second end portion of said clamp arm, said linear portion of said inner side surface of said clamp arm extends parallel to said inner side surface of said base, said inner side surface of said base and said linear portion of said inner side surface of said clamp arm being disposed in flat abutting engagement with opposite sides of the article, said arcuate portion of said inner side surface of said clamp arm curves outwardly away from said inner side surface of said base.