Patent ID: 6155762
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
Article snappable onto a threaded rod, comprising:a tubular barrel (4) having a cavitv adapted to accommodate said threaded rod (22) introduced coaxially therein via an inlet opening (13) situated at one end of said cavity;a window (5) formed in a side wall of said barrel (4); anda catch (6) connected to said barrel (4) and disposed in said window (5), wherein, in the absence of stress, said catch is disposed in a rest position in which it has a wedge (12A) projecting inside said barrel (4), said wedge (12A) having a first inclined face (14) which faces the inlet opening (13) and is inclined theretowards and towards the outside, and having a second inclined face (15) which is opposed to the first and is inclined in the opposite direction from the inlet opening (13) and towards the outside, said catch (6) being adapted to tilt resiliently towards the outside when a force normal to said first inclined face (14) is applied thereto and to tilt resiliently inwards when a force normal to the second inclined face (15) is applied thereto, wherein said window is formed with edges defining the window opening that extends sufficiently into the barrel to expose the wedge and said first and second inclined faces when viewed through the window from a direction substantially parallel to said first and second inclined faces.