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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:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim L Van Order, Hamilton, MI (US);
Nels R Smith, Holland, MI (US);
Dean T Miller, Wyoming, MI (US);
Assignee:
Prince Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 377 ; 296214 ; 24295 ; 224313 ; 24822211 ; 2482248 ; 403 13 ; 403386 ; 411 85 ; 411182 ;
Abstract
A vehicle accessory has a mounting wall with an elongated slot which slideably receives a snap-in fastener which is fixed in the orthogonal direction of installation of the snap-in fastener. The fastener cooperates with an elongated slot formed in a vehicle support structure which slot extends orthogonally to the slot in the vehicle accessory such that the fastener can be moved into alignment on two axes to align with the aperture in the vehicle for insertion of the fastener and installation of the accessory.