Patent ID: 7594629
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A clip for fastening an article to a panel having a hole, the clip comprising: a base, a self-expanding head attached to the base and extending upwardly from the base, the self-expanding head having at least one column rising from the base to a platform that is spaced from the base, a first plurality of resilient legs attached to the platform and extending toward the base, the first plurality of resilient legs having first retention shoulders spaced from the base, and a second plurality of resilient legs attached to the platform and extending toward the base and the second plurality of resilient legs having second retention shoulders and third retention shoulders that are spaced from the base, and the second retention shoulders being located closer to the base than the first retention shoulders and the third retention shoulders being located closer to the base than the second retention shoulders and the third retention shoulders being located inboard from the second retention shoulders, so that the clip can be attached to panels of varying thickness when the head is inserted through a hole in the panel with the base abutting one side of the panel adjacent the hole and the first retention shoulders or the second retention shoulders abutting an opposite side of the panel adjacent the hole.