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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Del Tufo, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ralph J Lake, Jr, Somerville, NJ (US);
Stephen R Solomon, Cranford, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403300 ; 403405 ; 52667 ;
Abstract
Coupling apparatus comprising two plates to be coupled together, with each plate carrying a locking mechanism for receiving a coupling member, the coupling member having two ends, each end being adapted to engage and couple to the locking mechanism on one of the plates whereby the two plates can be rigidly coupled together. Each plate carries two flexible locking tabs which are offset from each other, and the coupling member carries two holes which are offset from each other and each of which is adapted to receive one locking tab of each plate.