Patent ID: 8419330
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A clip comprising: a pin having at at least a part thereof a noncircular cross-section and a grommet having an insertion hole into which the pin can be inserted, a part of the grommet being partly expandable by insertion of the pin into the insertion hole, wherein the grommet has a ramp provided at an entrance-side hole edge of the insertion hole and leading the pin into the insertion hole when the pin is displaced from a normal position and contacts the entrance-side hole edge of the insertion hole, the pin includes an axis member having a rib protruding outwardly from a surface of the axis member, the grommet includes a leg member having a plurality of leg pieces and a plurality of slits provided respectively between the plurality of leg pieces, the rib being rotated and guided by the ramp to a position where the pin is temporarily fixed when the pin is deviated from the normal position and inserted into the insertion hole, and the ramp inwardly extends from the entrance-side hole edge and inclines toward the slit inside the insertion hole.