Patent ID: 6253423
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
In an attachment device for connecting plastic parts, especially linings, to sheets, particularly body components of a motor vehicle, comprising of a plastic body with a foot part for insertion into a hoop-shaped holder of the plastic part and a head part, which, when assembled, projects through an opening in the sheet, said plastic body having a longitudinal axis,the improvement whereina metal clamp (57) that adjoins the head part (53) is attached to the head part (53), said metal clamp having two arms which form a stop spring (62, 63) and extend at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the plastic body, with the arms (62, 63) gripping behind the edges of an opening (58) in a sheet (59) when in an assembled condition, and wherein the head part has projections (55, 56) and the arms clamp (57) have bent portions which grip behind the projections on a side of the head part (53) which faces the foot part (52).