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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Silvis, Georgetown, OH (US);
Thomas E Howland, Georgetown, OH (US);
Steven R Snoke, Batavia, OH (US);
Assignee:
Stanley Mechanics Tools, Georgetown, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403393 ; 403386 ; 403384 ; 411175 ; 411523 ;
Abstract
A connector is disclosed that comprises a catch within a tab extending from one component that locks into a receiving opening on another component. The second component slides between the tab on the first component and the first component from which the tab extends and locks when the catch is received by the receiving opening of the second component.