Fastener for moldings

Claim 1

A CLIP FOR USE IN CLAMPING A MOLDING CHANNEL AGAINST A SUPPORTING PANEL WHEREIN SAID CHANNEL HAS EDGE FLANGES TURNED INWARDLY FROM ITS SIDE WALLS AND DEFINING A SLOT NARROWER THAN THE MOLDING, SAID CLIP COMPRISING A PART MADE OF RESILIENT PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A PLATE PORTION LONGER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID SLOT, SAID PART BEING ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL WITH THE EDGES OF THE PLATE ENDS SEATED AGAINST THE SIDE WALLS OF THE CHANNEL, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT METAL HEAD SHORTER THAN SAID PLATE AND LYING AGAINST THE BACK FACE OF THE PLATE, THE ENDS OF SAID HEAD FOLLOWING THE CONTOUR OF SAID PLATE ENDS AT LEAST AROUND THE AREA OF ENGAGEMENT THEREOF WITH SAID CHANNEL WALLS WHEREBY TO PROVIDE A RIGID AXIAL BACKING FOR SAID PLATE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE CENTER AND SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE OUTER ENDS THEREOF, MEANS SECURING SAID PLATE AND HEAD RIGIDLY TOGETHER AGAINST RELATIVE ANGULAR TURNING, AND A METAL FASTENING ELEMENT RIGID WITH SAID HEAD AND ADJACENT A HOLE IN SAID PLATE FOR INTERENGAGEMENT WITH A COACTING FASTENING ELEMENT BY WHICH THE HEAD AND PLATE ASSEMBLY MAY BE CLAMPED AGAINST THE BACK OF SAID FLANGES AND THE MOLDING AGAINST SAID PANEL WITH SAID METAL HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE WALLS OF THE MOLDING.