Patent ID: 7918204
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A bracket for mounting and removably retaining a component having a first projecting portion, a second projecting portion generally axially spaced from the first portion and a third projecting portion generally radially spaced from the second portion and generally axially spaced from the first portion, and the first portion generally radially spaced from at least one of the second and third portions, the bracket comprising: a body having spaced-apart first and second walls with a first opening in the first wall constructed to receive the first portion of the component and having a first slot extending generally radially from the first opening and through the first wall, the first slot having a minimum width less than a diameter of the first opening and constructed so that the first portion of the component snap fits through the first slot and into the first opening to retain the first portion of the component; a second opening in the second wall constructed to receive the second portion of the component and having a second slot extending generally radially from the second opening and through the second wall, the second slot having a minimum width less than a diameter of the second opening and constructed so that the second portion of the component snap fits through the second slot and into the second opening to retain the second portion of the component therein; a third opening in the second wall separate from and radially spaced from the second opening and constructed to receive the third portion of the component therein and having a third slot separate from the first and second slots and the first and second openings and extending generally radially from the third opening through the second wall, the third slot having a minimum width less than a diameter of the third opening and constructed so that the third portion of the component snap fits through the third slot and into the third opening to retain the third component therein; and the first opening is radially offset from at least one of the second or third openings, and the second slot is circumferentially offset from the third slot.