Patent ID: 6915990
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: F16B,F16L

Abstract:
1. A fastener adaptable for engagement with a pipe, comprising: a base portion; a pipe holding portion connected integrally with said base portion; a stud engagement portion provided at said base portion and adapted to engage with a stud standing on a workpiece such as an automobile body, wherein engagement of said stud engagement portion with said stud allows an elongated article such as a pipe held in said pipe holding portion to be mounted on said workpiece; a support portion integrally formed with said base portion and outside said stud engagement portion for supporting said stud engagement portion; a connection portion disposed between said support portion and said stud engagement portion to connect them with each other in the vicinity of an inlet of a stud receiving hole formed in said stud engagement portion, said connection portion being formed to, continuously connect, to said support portion, the entire outer circumference of said stud engagement portion adjacent to said inlet; and a connection piece provided between said support portion and said stud engagement portion to connect them with each other at an area in a position extending from said inlet in a stud insertion direction, whereby said stud engagement portion is connected to said support portion by only both said connection portion and said connection piece.