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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Walter Smith, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Gary John Bobeck, Ingleside, IL (US);
Assignee:
Termax Corporation, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 2/100 ; F16L 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 2/100 ; F16L 3/300 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a sealing spring fastener, which comprises a U-shaped structure, on which an elastic body has been incorporated. The elastic body has a closed cavity within the U-shaped structure. The sealing spring fastener can form an assembly with an extension of a panel, preferably a plastic panel. The assembly or the fastener by itself can be engaged into the slot of a solid sheet, preferably a metal sheet, in a manner that one side of the sheet is sealed from the other side of the sheet in the vicinity of the slot.