Patent ID: 6234429
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B29C,B60R,H02G

Abstract:
A wire harness protector comprising:a trough having a front wall and a rear wall, the front wall having at least one locking tab socket formed on an outside face thereof, the socket comprising a lateral tab-receiving opening facing in a direction generally perpendicularly away from the front wall;a cover having a front edge and a rear edge, the rear edge of the cover attached to the rear wall of the trough by a hinge and adapted to be hinged to a closed position covering the trough; anda locking tab connected to the front edge of the cover by a living hinge, the locking tab extending from the cover on the living hinge with a bottom surface held away from the front wall of the trough when the cover is in the trough closed position, the locking tab being positioned on the cover in alignment with the socket, the locking tab being movable about its living hinge into the lateral tab-receiving opening in the socket to a locked position in face-on fashion with the bottom surface of the locking tab entering the socket in a lateral direction generally perpendicular to the front wall of the trough, the locking tab and socket further including mating surfaces which lock the tab into the socket in the locked position generally perpendicular to the cover in the trough closed position.