Patent ID: 8905670

Claim:
A snap-fit joint for connecting at least first and second plastic frame members, the snap-fit joint comprising: a plastic male member having an upstanding, resiliently flexible wall having a top and a bottom defining a vertical orientation, the wall shaped along its length to define a terminal anchor portion and a relatively narrower neck portion comprising curved indentations having opposing regions of the wall tapering inwardly from top to bottom, such that the distance between the opposing regions of the wall in the curved indentations decreases from top to bottom; a plastic female member defining a socket having a complimentary shape to the male member to receive the male member, the socket defined by an upstanding wall having a top and a bottom, the bottom of the upstanding wall defining a mouth of the socket and a channel opening corresponding to the shape of the neck portion of the male member; and tabs extending from the bottom of the upstanding wall of the plastic female member from opposing sides of the channel opening into the mouth of the socket and arranged to overlie the neck portion at the bottom of the wall of the male member when the male member is fully seated in the socket of the female member, the tabs retaining the fully seated male member in the socket of the female member; wherein the curved indentations of the male member are configured to flex inwardly so as to allow the top of the male member to be inserted into the mouth of the socket until the male member is seated in the socket of the female member, wherein when the male member is fully seated in the socket of the female member, the tabs snap over the neck portion of the male member.