Spring finger retaining rings

Claim 1

A RETAINER RING FOR USE WITH A FIRST PART HAVING A HOLE THEREIN TO BE LOCKED AXIALLY AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY RELATIVE THERETO TO PROVIDE AN ABUTMENT SHOULDER FOR A SECOND PART WHICH COMPRISES AN ANNULAR BODY HAVING AN INNER PERIPHERY, AN OUTER PERIPHERY, AND A PAIR OF FLAT FACES THEREBETWEEN, A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SPRING FINGERS PROJECTING LATERALLY AND INWARDLY FROM THE INNER PERIPHERY OF ONE FACE OF THE BODY, TABS ON THE ENDS OF THE SPRING FINGERS EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY IN ANGULAR RELATION TO THE FINGERS AND LYING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE BODY, SAID TABS BEING OF LESS WIDTH THAN THE SPRING FINGERS AND PROJECTING FROM THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE ENDS OF THE SPRING FINGERS FOR FITTING INTO THE HOLES OF THE FIRST PART, SAID SPRING FINGERS HAVING END EDGES ON EACH SIDE OF THE TABS WITH THE WIDTH OF SAID FINGERS AT SAID END EDGES BEING GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE HOLE OF THE FIRST PART TO PROVIDE SHOULDERS FOR ENGAGING THE FIRST PART AT THE MOUTHS OF THE HOLE FOR LIMITING THE DEGREE OF PROJECTION OF THE TABS INTO THE HOLE, AND SAID TABS BEING FLANGED ALONG EACH SIDE THEREOF TO STIFFEN THE TABS AGAINST BENDING.