Patent ID: 8720016
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip for releasably securing a panel to a support, the clip comprising: a socket member, including a base, the base having a bore positioned at a center point of the base and a collar located around the bore and projecting upward at a generally perpendicular angle from a bottom surface of the base, the collar being partitioned into a plurality of segment walls, wherein each segment wall is separated by a gap; and a ball member, including a base, the base having a collar positioned around a center point region of the base projecting outward at a generally perpendicular angle from a bottom surface of the base, the ball member further comprising a cylindrical pillar projecting upward from a top surface of the base at a generally perpendicular angle to the base, the cylindrical pillar having a generally spherical member at its tip at a distal most point from the ball member base; wherein the diameter of the generally spherical member is less than the diameter of the bore for allowing the spherical member to be pushed through the bore and the segment walls of the socket member, resulting in a snap fit engagement of the ball and socket members when the cylindrical pillar is encircled by the segment walls and the spherical member emerges from above the segment walls.