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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-13
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Granted: 1965-03-02
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Expires: 1983-05-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Aloysius L Danehy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 21:12
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B21/00; F16B21/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 309 words
IN A FASTENER FOR CONNECTING A LICENSE PLATE TO A FRAME WHEREIN THE LICENSE PLATE AND FRAME HAVE REGISTERING ELONGATED SLOTS THEREIN, SAID FASTENER COMPRISING A HOUSING OF CYLINDRICAL FORMATION AND SAID HOUSING HAVING A HOLLOW INTERIOR, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN OPEN END PORTION, AND AN INWARDLY DIRECTED CIRCULAR FLANGE PROVIDED WITH A CENTRALLY DISPOSED APERTURE THEREIN, A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LUGS ARRANGED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND INTEGRAL WITH SAID FLANGE, SAID LUGS HAVING THEIR OUTER END SURFACES FLAT AND COPLANAR, AND SAID LUGS FURTHER HAVING FLAT SIDE SURFACES AND ARCUATE OUTER SURFACES WHICH ARE CO-CYLINDRICAL WITH THE CONTINGUOUS OUTER PORTIONS OF THE SURFACE OF THE CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, SAID LUGS FURTHER HAVING FLAT INNER SURFACES WHICH ARE ARRANGED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, A REMOVABLE CLOSURE INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL SECTION PROJECTING INTO THE OPEN END PORTION OF SAID HOUSING, SAID CLOSURE FURTHER INCLUDING A FLAT SECTION THAT ABUTS THE ADJACENT END OF THE HOUSING, AND SAID CLOSURE FURTHER INCLUDING A ROUNDED MAIN BOD PORTION HAVING LIGHT REFLECTING MATERIAL THEREON, A SLIDE PORTION A CYLINDRICAL PIN PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURE IN THE FLANGE, SAID PIN PORTION HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE THEREIN SPACED FROM ONE END THEREOF, A RETAINER ARRANGED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID GROVE, AND A SPRING MEMBER CIRCUMPOSED ON SAID PIN PORTION, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID RETAINER AND FLANGE, SAID SLIDE FURTHER INCLUDING A RECTANULAR BAR PORTION THAT IS INTEGRAL WITH SAID ONE END OF THE PIN PORTION, SAID BAR PORTION HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID HOUSING, THE WIDTH OF SAID BAR PORTION BEING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FLAT INNER SURFACES OF THE LUGS, THE END OF SAID PIN PORTION OPPOSITE SAID ONE END BEING RECESSED TO RECEIVE A TOOL SUCH AS A SCREW DRIVER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 309 words
IN A FASTENER FOR CONNECTING A LICENSE PLATE TO A FRAME WHEREIN THE LICENSE PLATE AND FRAME HAVE REGISTERING ELONGATED SLOTS THEREIN, SAID FASTENER COMPRISING A HOUSING OF CYLINDRICAL FORMATION AND SAID HOUSING HAVING A HOLLOW INTERIOR, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN OPEN END PORTION, AND AN INWARDLY DIRECTED CIRCULAR FLANGE PROVIDED WITH A CENTRALLY DISPOSED APERTURE THEREIN, A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED LUGS ARRANGED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND INTEGRAL WITH SAID FLANGE, SAID LUGS HAVING THEIR OUTER END SURFACES FLAT AND COPLANAR, AND SAID LUGS FURTHER HAVING FLAT SIDE SURFACES AND ARCUATE OUTER SURFACES WHICH ARE CO-CYLINDRICAL WITH THE CONTINGUOUS OUTER PORTIONS OF THE SURFACE OF THE CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, SAID LUGS FURTHER HAVING FLAT INNER SURFACES WHICH ARE ARRANGED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, A REMOVABLE CLOSURE INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL SECTION PROJECTING INTO THE OPEN END PORTION OF SAID HOUSING, SAID CLOSURE FURTHER INCLUDING A FLAT SECTION THAT ABUTS THE ADJACENT END OF THE HOUSING, AND SAID CLOSURE FURTHER INCLUDING A ROUNDED MAIN BOD PORTION HAVING LIGHT REFLECTING MATERIAL THEREON, A SLIDE PORTION A CYLINDRICAL PIN PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURE IN THE FLANGE, SAID PIN PORTION HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE THEREIN SPACED FROM ONE END THEREOF, A RETAINER ARRANGED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID GROVE, AND A SPRING MEMBER CIRCUMPOSED ON SAID PIN PORTION, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID RETAINER AND FLANGE, SAID SLIDE FURTHER INCLUDING A RECTANULAR BAR PORTION THAT IS INTEGRAL WITH SAID ONE END OF THE PIN PORTION, SAID BAR PORTION HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID HOUSING, THE WIDTH OF SAID BAR PORTION BEING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FLAT INNER SURFACES OF THE LUGS, THE END OF SAID PIN PORTION OPPOSITE SAID ONE END BEING RECESSED TO RECEIVE A TOOL SUCH AS A SCREW DRIVER.

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