Nonlatching resilient fastening arrangement

Claim 1

AN ARRANGEMENT FOR ENGAGING SEPARATE OBJECTS IN FASTENED YET SEPARABLE RELATION, SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A PROJECTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE OF SAID OBJECTS, A RESILIENT GENERALLY PLANAR METALLIC CLIP SECURED ADJACENT AN OPENING IN ANOTHER OF SAID OBJECTS, SAID CLIP HAVING A PLURALITY OF DEFLECTABLE TABS DISPOSED PERIPHERALLY ABOUT AND EXTENDING TOWARD AN OPENING OPENING THROUGH SAID CLIP, EACH OF SAID TABS HAVING AN ELONGATED END PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF THE PLANE OF SAID CLIP AND INWARDLY OF SAID OTHER OBJECT OPENING, SAID ONE OBJECT PROJECTION HAVING A GENERALLY SMOOTH OUTER SURFACE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM AN OUTER END OF THE PROJECTION ALONG ITS PROJECTING LENGTH SO AS TO BE FRICTIONALLY INSERTABLE INTO SAID CLIP OPENING, AND EACH OF SAID CLIP TAB END PORTIONS DEFLECTING TO BE FRICTIONALLY ENGAGED LATERALLY THEREOF WITH SAID ONE OBJECT PROJECTION WHEN IT IS INSERTED AS DESCRIBED SO THAT THE TOTAL FRICTIONAL INTERSURFACE ENGAGEMENT ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ONE OBJECT PROJECTION PROVIDES FOR SUBSTANTIAL NONLATCHING FASTENING OF SAID OBJECTS.