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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:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph L. Rodawold, Jr., Wilmington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 9/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 9/502 ;
Abstract
A collapsible control knob assembly includes a knob having a tunnel therein for receiving a shaft. Stops in the tunnel are configured and arranged to cooperatively stop the insertion of the shaft during assembly. The stops are configured and arranged to shear from the tunnel when a pre-established collapsing force is exceeded.