Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Gilbert Solarz

Francis G Frano

John A Bakker

A snap hook comprising a bi-ended base portion, a blade portion, a re-entrant portion and a latch portion, is disclosed. The blade is integral with a first end of the base, through the re-entrant portion, thereby providing the snap hook with an aperture intermediate the base and the blade. The aperture has a mouth and two integrally formed lips. The aperture is adapted to receive a substantially cylindrical portion of a retainer therein. The latch is integral with the second end of the base and thereby provides the snap hook with a corner at the junction thereof. A free end of the blade and a free end of the latch are in distal relation to the base. A relaxed condition for the snap hook is defined to be when the distal end of the blade is above the distal end of the latch, in relation to the base. A locked condition for the snap hook is defined to be when the distal end of the blade is positioned beneath the distal end of the latch, in relation to the base. The lips are adapted to lockingly retain the above-mentioned substantially cylindrical portion of the retainer while the snap hook is in the locked condition.

Snap hook

A one-piece self-retaining threaded plastic screw grommet including a head and bifurcated shank having a through bore through the head and shank. The slots which bifurcate said shank being generally tangentially disposed on opposite sides of the axis of said bore and the free end of said legs being interconnected by non-linear bendable web means that restrain the spreading of the legs when a complimentary screw is inserted within the bore.

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Des Plaines, IL, United States of America

Gilbert Solarz