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US3158726A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Switch button retainer for vehicle doors

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-02-07
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Granted: 1964-11-24
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Expires: 1982-02-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert C Morgan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 13:47
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02B; H02B1/00; H02B1/015; H02B1/04; H02B1/044; H01; H01H; H01H13/00; H01H13/02; H01H13/12; H01H13/14; H01H13/18; H01H13/183

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 227 words
A TWO-PART SWITCH BUTTON RETAINING AND RELEASING ATTACHMENT FOR A VEHICLE DOOR FRAME HAVING A DOOR RESPONSIVE BUTTON-EQUIPPED VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHT SWITCH MOUNTED, AS IS CUSTOMARILY DONE, ON SAID DOOR FRAME COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED ADAPTER PLATE HAVING A FASTENER ACCOMMODATING HOLE AT AN UPPER END AND ALSO HAVING A KEYHOLE SLOT THEREIN AT A LOWER END OF THE PLATE, A MEDIAN SUBSTANTIAL LENGTHWISE PORTION OF SAID PLATE BEING OUTWARDLY OFFSET, SAID OFFSET PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE WHICH FUNCTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE A SWITCH BUTTON, AND A SWITCH BUTTON DEPRESSING AND HOLD-DOWN CLIP SLIDINGLY KEYED ON THE OUTWARDLY OFFSET PORTION OF THE PLATE, SAID CLIP HAVING A CONCAVO-CONVEX DETENT ALIGNED WITH AND FUNCTIONING TO RECEIVE AND TEMPORARILY SEAT THE BUTTON AND IN THIS MANNER TO ENGAGE AND TO FORCIBLY DEPRESS THE BUTTON BUT ALSO TO USE AND RELY ON THE BUTTON AS A WAYS AND MEANS OF HOLDING SAID CLIP IN THE POSITION TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN MOVED, SAID CLIP HAVING A FREE EDGE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO AND COOPERATES WITH SAID DETENT AND IS DESIGNED AND EXPRESSLY ADAPTED TO MERELY REST ATOP AN INTENDED SURFACE OF THE SWITCH BUTTON IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WHEN THE BUTTON IS IN ITS NORMAL PROJECTED ON POSITION THE BUTTON COOPERATING WITH SAID EDGE HOLDS THE DETENT UP AND CAUSES IT TO ASSUME AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY BUTTON-FREEING AND RELEASING POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 227 words
A TWO-PART SWITCH BUTTON RETAINING AND RELEASING ATTACHMENT FOR A VEHICLE DOOR FRAME HAVING A DOOR RESPONSIVE BUTTON-EQUIPPED VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHT SWITCH MOUNTED, AS IS CUSTOMARILY DONE, ON SAID DOOR FRAME COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED ADAPTER PLATE HAVING A FASTENER ACCOMMODATING HOLE AT AN UPPER END AND ALSO HAVING A KEYHOLE SLOT THEREIN AT A LOWER END OF THE PLATE, A MEDIAN SUBSTANTIAL LENGTHWISE PORTION OF SAID PLATE BEING OUTWARDLY OFFSET, SAID OFFSET PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE WHICH FUNCTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE A SWITCH BUTTON, AND A SWITCH BUTTON DEPRESSING AND HOLD-DOWN CLIP SLIDINGLY KEYED ON THE OUTWARDLY OFFSET PORTION OF THE PLATE, SAID CLIP HAVING A CONCAVO-CONVEX DETENT ALIGNED WITH AND FUNCTIONING TO RECEIVE AND TEMPORARILY SEAT THE BUTTON AND IN THIS MANNER TO ENGAGE AND TO FORCIBLY DEPRESS THE BUTTON BUT ALSO TO USE AND RELY ON THE BUTTON AS A WAYS AND MEANS OF HOLDING SAID CLIP IN THE POSITION TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN MOVED, SAID CLIP HAVING A FREE EDGE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO AND COOPERATES WITH SAID DETENT AND IS DESIGNED AND EXPRESSLY ADAPTED TO MERELY REST ATOP AN INTENDED SURFACE OF THE SWITCH BUTTON IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WHEN THE BUTTON IS IN ITS NORMAL PROJECTED ON POSITION THE BUTTON COOPERATING WITH SAID EDGE HOLDS THE DETENT UP AND CAUSES IT TO ASSUME AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY BUTTON-FREEING AND RELEASING POSITION.

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