Patent ID: 6126123
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
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; anda 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 generally perpendicular to 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, the locking tab and socket further including mating surfaces which lock the tab into the socket in the locked position, wherein the socket further includes an alignment shelf spaced laterally inward from the socket, the alignment shelf having an upwardly facing opening adapted to axially receive a guide block, and the cover including a guide block extending downwardly from an inside surface of the cover adjacent to and in alignment with the locking tab such that the guide block engages the alignment shelf when the cover is moved to the trough closed position.