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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Matthew J. Buchanan, Kenton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 27/00 (2006.01); B25B 27/14 (2006.01); B60N 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 27/14 (2013.01); B25B 27/0035 (2013.01); B60N 3/046 (2013.01); B60N 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A retainer removal tool for a carpet retainer of a vehicle includes a shaft portion and a handle portion. The shaft portion has a cylindrical shape and includes an engagement tip has a hollow cylindrical shape and is configured to depress a tab of the retainer in a radially inward direction to decouple an upper retainer from a lower retainer. Further, a method for removing a carpet retainer of a vehicle includes centering a retainer removal tool over the retainer, depressing the retainer removal tool onto the retainer, disengaging a tab of the retainer with the retainer removal tool, and removing the retainer from the carpet.