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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
May. 05, 1988
Carol P Pavur, Warren, MI (US);
Chrysler Motors Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Abstract
A one-piece resilient plug having an elongated body comprising a head, formed with an axially extending sealing lip, and a shank separated from the head by a continuous locking groove. The plug shank includes a frusto-conical surface intermediate a shoulder area and a pair of interconnected cap portions at its free end. A pair of elongated sockets symmetrically disposed adjacent either end of a central reverse cavity are provided with their openings in the head and their closed ends each defined by an elongated cap portion. A hand installation tool includes a bifurcated configured blade providing a pair of blade prongs adapted to be received in the sockets. Upon axial force being exerted by the tool on the cap portions the blade prongs deform the plug such that the shank is effectively drawn through a conforming vehicle body panel elongated slot-shaped aperture with the plug groove sealingly locked to the panel aperture upon removal of the tool.