Patent ID: 6101686
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A spring clip for securing a first part to a second part, comprising a first pair of opposed legs for attaching a projection on the first part, a second pair of opposed legs surrounding the first pair of legs and formed to have outwardly extending portions to form a first hook for engaging edges surrounding a slot in the second part, a third pair of legs extending axially from the second pair of legs further into the slot in the second part when the spring clip is in place in the slot, the third pair of legs formed to have outwardly extending portions to form a second hook for engaging edges surrounding the slot in the second part, the second hook being wider than the first hook so that when the spring clip is in place, the first hook can be pulled out of the slot in the second part to enable the first part to be partially pulled away from the second part with the second hook then engaging the edges surrounding the slot in the second part to prevent the first part from being fully disengaged from the second part.