Patent ID: 6726417
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A clip comprising a bushing with a hollow flange and shank, and a pin with a shank for insertion into the bushing, wherein the bushing shank is inserted into holes in workpieces such as a plurality of panels, wherein the pin shank is inserted from the bushing flange end into the hollow shank of the bushing, the diameter of the bushing shank is expanded and the plurality of workpieces are joined together by the expanded-diameter bushing shank section and the bushing flange, wherein a guide is formed in the end of the pin shank extending from the end of the bushing shank in a position where the diameter of the bushing shank does not expand with the pin shank inserted into the bushing shank, wherein the guide has a large-diameter section with a diameter larger than the end of the bushing shank, wherein an elastic locking tab extending towards the hollow section of the bushing is formed in the bushing shank near the bushing flange section or bushing flange, wherein a catching groove is formed in the pin shank for catching the locking tab when the diameter of the bushing shank is not expanded, wherein the pin and bushing are temporarily connected so the diameter of the bushing shank is not expanded when the locking tab engages the catching groove, and wherein the bushing shank is prevented from riding over the large-diameter section of the pin shank and coming loose.