Patent ID: 7690876

Claim:
A clip comprising a pin having a flange and a shank and a bush having a flange and hollow shank into which the pin shank is inserted through an opening in the bush flange, wherein the clip is configured so that the pin and the bush establish a first connection state by pushing the pin shank into the bush shank to a temporary connecting position, so that the bush shank can be inserted into a mounting hole in a workpiece while the clip is in the first connection state, wherein the clip is configured so that the pin and the bush establish a second connection state by pushing the pin shank further into the bush shank, thereby to fix the clip to the workpiece, and wherein the bush flange has a first tubular wall surrounding the opening in the bush flange and extending therefrom in a first direction substantially to the height of the pin flange from the bush flange in the first connection state, so as substantially to surround the pin shank, and the bush shank has a second tubular wall extending from the hole in the bush flange in an opposite direction, wherein the second tubular wall has at least one first tab extending therefrom inwardly of the bush shank at a location near the bush flange, but spaced therefrom toward a tip of the bush shank remote from the bush flange, and wherein the pin shank has a first recess disposed to receive the at least one first tab in the first connection state; and wherein the first tubular wall has a pair of slots on opposite sides of the tubular wall to facilitate pressing the pin flange toward the bush flange.