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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dick T VanManen, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Assignee:
Voplex Corporation, Pittsford, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411467 ; 52508 ; 4034061 ; 411477 ; 411547 ;
Abstract
An automotive panel bracket 10 is formed from a strip having a central fold line 22 forming a double-walled stand-off 15 between a pair of base portions 11 and 12 interconnected with an automotive panel 20. A pair of confronting semi-cylindrical grooves 17 and 18 in double walled stand-off 15 form a generally cylindrical pilot hole 16 guiding a fastener 25 that extends through panel 20, through pilot hole 16 in stand-off 15, and into an automotive body 30 to which panel 20 is secured.