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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Joseph Severini, Holland Landing, CA;
Intier Automotive Inc., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
An attachment washer assembly for aligning and fastening an attachment bracket ( ) to a floor panel ( ) has a first member ( ) having a tubular ring ( ) extending from a cylindrical flange ( ) and a second member ( ) having a tubular ring ( ) extending from a cylindrical flange ( ). The ring of the first member is frictionally fitted within the ring of the second member retaining the attachment washer assembly within a preformed aperture formed in the attachment bracket. The flanges slidingly engage the peripheral side portions of the bracket along opposing sides of the aperture. The ring ( ) of the second member has an outer diameter which is less than the diameter of the aperture and the flanges ( ) having an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the aperture such that the attachment washer assembly is moveable within the preformed aperture for alignment with an aperture in the floor panel to receive a fastener therethrough and secure the bracket to the panel.