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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Kraig D. Draggoo, Oakland, MI (US);
Eric D. Hyp, Aspers, PA (US);
Loc B. Tieu, Exton, PA (US);
David A. Minnich, Wilmington, DE (US);
William E. Sokurenko, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Kraig D. Draggoo, Oakland, MI (US);
Eric D. Hyp, Aspers, PA (US);
Loc B. Tieu, Exton, PA (US);
David A. Minnich, Wilmington, DE (US);
William E. Sokurenko, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US);
Abstract
Reliable and durable tether clips that continue to tether two panels together while allowing for a controlled displacement between the two panels in response to a predetermined force are disclosed. The tether clips according to the present invention include a first retaining means near a first end that is adapted to be securable to a first panel, a second retaining means that is engageable with the second panel and limits the relative separation between the panels, and a releasable fastener means intermediate the first and second retaining means that normally maintains the two panels in a closed configuration relative to one another but that releases at least one of the panels relative to the other panel in response to a predetermined force tending to separate the panels.