Patent ID: 9125476
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A45F,B60R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A clip assembly comprising: a base having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a surrounding wall that extends from said outer surface to said inner surface and that defines a receiving hole, said receiving hole extending through said outer surface and being closed by said inner surface, said surrounding wall having two opposite through holes that communicate with said receiving hole and that are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of said receiving hole; a locking mechanism disposed in proximity to said inner surface and said surrounding wall, said locking mechanism including a pair of movable levers, a drive unit and a restoring unit, each of said movable levers having an engaging portion that is movably inserted into said receiving hole through a corresponding one of said through holes of said surrounding wall, a pivot portion, an intermediate portion that interconnects said engaging portion and said pivot portion, and a driven portion that extends from one side of said pivot portion away from said intermediate portion, said movable levers being connected pivotally to each other in a scissor fashion at said pivot portions of said movable levers, said driven portion of one of said movable levers being opposite to and spaced-apart from said driven portion of the other of said movable levers, said drive unit having a button that is disposed between said driven portions of said movable levers, said button being movable between an un-pressed position and a pressed position, said driven portions being pushed to move said engaging portions away from each other and out of said receiving hole via said through holes through a movement of said button from said un-pressed position to said pressed position, said restoring unit being connected to said intermediate portions of said movable levers so that said movable levers are restored to original positions thereof when said button is un-pressed; and a clip mechanism including an elastic clip and a connection member, said elastic clip having first and second arms that are movable toward or away from each other, said connection member being disposed on said first arm and having a connection body that extends outwardly from said first arm in a direction away from said second arm, said connection body being receivable in said receiving hole and having two connecting holes that respectively engage said engaging portions when said connection body is received in said receiving hole, said engaging portions being disengageable from said connecting holes by pressing said button.