Patent ID: 9155362
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A44B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip, comprising: a male member having a head portion and a shaft portion; and a female member including a base portion and a fitting portion into an attachment hole formed in one side attachment object, and provided with a reception hole of the shaft portion of the male member, having a hole opening in the base portion and continuing into the fitting portion, wherein the clip is formed to hold another side attachment object between the head portion of the male member and the base portion of the female member in a combined engagement state wherein the shaft portion is inserted into the reception hole up to a predetermined position, an inside of the reception hole of the female member includes: a first sliding contact portion relative to a first cam portion formed at an end of the shaft portion of the male member; an engagement concave portion located on a lateral side of the first sliding contact portion and relative to an engagement protrusion formed in a middle of the shaft portion of the male member; and a second sliding contact portion located at a hole opening of the reception hole and relative to a second cam portion formed at the engagement protrusion of the male member, at an insertion time of the shaft portion into the reception hole, the first cam portion and the first sliding contact portion slidingly contact, and subsequently, the second cam portion and the second sliding contact portion slidingly contact so as to urge a forward-movement and turning of the male member, which allows the engagement protrusion to be engaged with the engagement concave portion, and when the male member is moved backward and turned from an engaged state between the engagement concave portion and the engagement protrusion, the second cam portion and an inner wall of the engagement concave portion slidingly contact so as to urge an elastic deformation in a direction of allowing the engagement protrusion to come out of the engagement concave portion.