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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Yoshiaki Shinno, Usa, JP;
Toshikazu Sanda, Fukuoka, JP;
Minoru Isayama, Usa, JP;
Kazuhiro Baba, Hirakata, JP;
Yuko Ogawa, Ajimumachi, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fastening device includes a cylindrical shell with an opening extending over the entire length of the cylindrical shell, a gripping member formed on the periphery of the cylindrical shell by extending outward and a pair of hooks linked with the tip end of the cylindrical shell via hinges. A fastening method using the foregoing fastening device includes the steps of passing the pair of hooks through a hole for fastening of a packing box formed of an upper box and a lower box, having the pair of hooks opened outward to bring the holding members thereof into contact with the back side surface of the packing box and at the same time having the pair of hooks engaged with each other firmly. At this time, the gripping member is in contact with the front side surface of the packing box. Accordingly, both surfaces located at each respective rim of the hole for fastening are sandwiched between the pair of hooks and the gripping member. Furthermore, the fastening device is structured to make the position of engagement between the pair of hooks changeable, thereby allowing the angle of each respective hook against the cylindrical shell to change and allowing consequently the sandwiching distance between the gripping member and the pair of hooks to change.