Patent ID: 6287064
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A clip nut device for attachment about an opening in a support structure, the clip nut device comprising:a body member constructed of a resilient material, anda threaded nut member constructs of a preselected metal,said resilient body member having a resilient, flexible longitudinally extending strap with a first end and a second end,a first projecting bushing extendire transversely from said first end of said strap, said first bushing having a first through opening and said first bushing being receivable within the structure opening with said first through opening axially aligned with the structure opening,a second projecting bushing extending transversely from the second end of said strap in a direction opposite from said first bushing, said second bushing having a second through opening;said threaded nut member supported within said second opening of said second bushing at a position spaced from engagement with the support structure; andsecuring means associated with said first and second bushings and actuable for securing said first bushing to said second bushing upon movement of said first bushing into said second opening of said second bushing, upon securement of said second bushing with said first bushing said second through opening of said second bushing being axially aligned with the structure opening such that said threaded nut member is aligned with the structure opening, said securing means comprising a first securement structure on said first bushing and a second securement structure on said second bushing with said first and second securement structures adapted to be in securement engagement at a position substantially externally of the opening in the support structure.