Patent ID: 9676297
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60N,F16B

Claim:
1. A combination of an attachment device, a first workpiece, and a second workpiece, the attachment device comprising: an attachment head carried on said first workpiece, said attachment head including a cantilever snap tab, a first outboard locator tab and a second outboard locator tab, wherein each of the first and second outboard locator tabs having an uppermost planar surface, wherein said cantilever snap tab includes a cantilever arm having a top planar surface, a locking lug on a distal end of said cantilever arm and a first cam surface on said locking lug, and wherein an entirety of the top planar surface of the cantilever arm is positioned in a different horizontal plane above the uppermost planar surface of each of the first and second outboard locator tabs; a receiver carried on said second workpiece, said receiver including a substantially u-shaped band defining an opening for receiving and holding said cantilever snap tab, said first outboard locator tab and said second outboard locator tab, wherein said substantially u-shaped band includes a channel; and a first gap between said cantilever snap tab and said first outboard locator tab and a second gap between said cantilever snap tab and said second outboard locator tab; and wherein said locking lug passes through said channel as said attachment head is secured to said receiver; wherein said first outboard locator tab includes a first free end having a first guide surface and said second outboard locator tab includes a second free end having a second guide surface, and wherein said first guide surface and said second guide surface converge toward said locking lug.