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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Andrew Robert Slayne, Bristol, GB;
Christopher Mark Needes, Bristol, GB;
Marcus Baker, Bristol, GB;
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
A fastener () in the form of a strip () of material in the form of a ring which in plan view is profiled to conform to an annular gap (H) between a first component (A) bounded by the fastener () and a second component (B) bounding the fastener (); the ring member having ends providing a gap (G) in plan view; the strip of material having a first side () and a second side (); and having a series of integral fingers (-) spaced along the length of the ring and projecting, in plan view, outwardly from the ring whether from the first side (), the second side (), or both sides thereof. In a further version the ring includes a further series of discrete projections formed integrally from the strip and lying around the ring member in between members of the series of fingers.