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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Theodore A Williamson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device for retaining two individual members in an adjacent condition includes a support base with an arrangement for attaching the support base to a first of the two individual members, a latching arm pivotally mounted to the support base, a biasing member attached to a distal end of the latching arm for causing the latching arm to pivot downwardly under gravity's influence with a portion of the latching arm extending upwardly beyond an upper surface of the base and a receiver having an arrangement for attaching the receiver to a second of the individual members and a receiving member extending from the attachment arrangement in a manner for at least partially surrounding the latching arm with the receiving member defining an opening through which the biasing member may be passed for placing the two individual members in an adjacent relation.