Patent ID: 9695850
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A watertight clip, comprising: a watertight clip main body having a stabilizer, a pillar extending axially from the stabilizer, engagement legs formed in the pillar, and engagement strips formed in the pillar, and a compressible packing attached to the pillar, the packing being seated on the stabilizer, wherein an end of each of the engagement strips is configured to engage a portion of the packing at a surface of the packing facing away from the stabilizer and exert an axial retaining force on the packing causing the portion of the packing to be compressed, wherein the pillar has depressed portions that are configured such that the engagement strips flexed inward are received therein, and wherein the engagement strips are configured to be retracted in the depressed portions when the watertight clip is in use.