Patent ID: 8601647
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip attached to attachment holes provided in an attaching member and an attached member, comprising: a head portion locking one surface of one of either the attaching member or the attached member; a center support pillar extending downward from the head portion, to be inserted into the attachment holes; auxiliary support pillars extending downward from the head portion, and extending laterally outwardly from one part of each side portion of the center support pillar in a direction opposite to each other such that a longitudinal direction of a cross-sectional surface perpendicular to an extending direction thereof is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of a cross-sectional surface perpendicular to an extending direction of the center support pillar, the auxiliary support pillars being arranged symmetrical with respect to a center line of the center support pillar; a pair of elastic legs interconnected with end portions of the center support pillar and the auxiliary support pillars, and expanding in a V-shape from the end portion of the center support pillar toward side portions of the auxiliary support pillars to be symmetrical with respect to the center axis of the center support pillar and angularly displaced with respect to a plane passing through the center of the center support pillar; locking portions provided in side, end portions of the pair of elastic legs, to lock with the other of either the attaching member or the attached member; and empty spaces provided in the auxiliary support pillars, for housing deformed portions of the elastic legs when the pair of elastic legs is inserted into the attachment hole while the pair of elastic legs is deforming.