Patent ID: 6952863
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tether clip for fastening a first panel relative to a second panel, the first panel having a first opening and the second panel having a second opening, the tether clip comprising: a first retaining means adapted to be securable to the first panel, said first retaining means comprising: a second retaining means that is engageable with the second panel and limits the relative separation between the first and second panels; and a releasable fastener means intermediate said first and second retaining means and being adapted to be releasably engageable with the second panel, said releasable fastener means being adapted to normally maintain the first and second panels in a closed configuration relative to one another, and wherein said releasable fastener means releases the second panel in response to a force tending to separate the first and second panels that is greater than a first predetermined value, said releasable fastener means comprising: wherein said second retaining means comprises: a third pair of resilient snap legs attached to said releasable fastener means proximate said proximal end of each of said second pair of resilient snap legs, said third pair of snap legs extending away from said shoulder in a fork-like manner, each of said third pair of snap legs having a terminating end located distally from said releasable fastener means, and each of said third pair of snap legs being provided with a snap hook near said terminating end thereof.