Attachment clip device

Claim 2

An attachment clip device adapted for slide action securement with a headed connector element for mounting an article on a support member comprising, a resilient base adapted to be disposed adjacent one side of a support member, said base having an elongated opening including at least one enlarged width portion adapted for receiving said connector element therethrough, a reduced width portion having seat-like shoulder means adjacent its interior margins adapted for coacting engagement with the head of said connector element upon relative sliding movement of said base with respect to said connector element, said enlarged and reduced width portions are disposed at Opposed ends of said opening, said shoulder means including a pair of spaced, oppositely disposed upstanding generally arcuate edge portions extending outwardly from the general plane of said base, and a resilient finger member made integral with said base and projecting upwardly and outwardly transversely between said edge portions adapted for snap-acting coacting engagement with the head of said connector element.

Claim 3

An attachment clip device adapted for slide action securement with a headed connector element for mounting an article on a support member, comprising a resilient base formed from metallic sheet material being adapted to be disposed adjacent one side of said support member, said base including an elongated, keyhole-shaped slot having an enlarged width portion adapted for receiving said connector element therethrough, said slot including a reduced width portion extending outwardly from said enlarged width portion in the lengthwise direction of said base and being in communication with said enlarged width portion, said slot being defined by a marginal edge crimped adjacent the reduced width portion and extending into said slot and out of the general plane of said base providing seat-like seatlike shoulder for interlocking engagement with the head of said connector element, the transverse dimension between the inner margins of said seatlike shoulder being less than the corresponding transverse dimension of the head of said connector element so that the head thereof is supported in overlying engagement on the seatlike shoulder upon lateral shifting movement of said device with respect to said connector element, the minimum transverse dimension between the inner margins of the enlarged width portion of said slot being greater than the corresponding transverse dimension of the head of said connector element to enable said head to be inserted therethrough, said base being arcuately curved, in side elevation, to define a portion adjacent said reduced width portion being spaced from said support member and deformable in a direction toward said support member for resilient biasing engagement with the head of said connector element, said marginal edge having a contour generally corresponding to the contour of said connector element to limit lateral sliding movement of said device with respect to said connector element in the installed position of said device, and flange means extending upwardly from the opposite ends of said base adapted for interlocking and holding coacting engagement with an article to be mounted on said support member.

Claim 4

An attachment clip device adapted for slide action securement with a headed connector element for mounting an article on a support member, comprising a resilient base formed from metallic sheet material being adapted to be disposed adjacent one side of said support member, said base including an elongated, keyhole-shaped slot having an enlarged width portion adapted for receiving said connector element therethrough, said slot including a reduced width portion extending outwardly from said enlarged width portion in the lengthwise direction of said base and being in communication with said enlarged width portion, said slot being defined by a marginal edge crimped adjacent the reduced width portion and extending into said slot and out of the general plane of said base providing seat-like seatlike shoulder for interlocking engagement with the head of said connector element, the transverse dimension between the inner margins of said seatlike shoulder being less than the corresponding transverse dimension of the head of said connector element so that the head thereof is supported in overlying engagement on the seatlike shoulder upon lateral shifting movement of said device with respect to said connector element, the minimum transverse dimension between the inner margins of the enlarged width portion of said slot being greater than the corresponding transverse dimension of the head of said connector element to enable said head to be inserted therethrough, said base being arcuately curved, in side elevation, to define a portion adjacent said reduced width portion being spaced from said support member and deformable in a direction toward said support member for resilient biasing engagement with the head of said connector element, said marginal edge having a contour generally corresponding to the contour of said connector element to limit lateral sliding movement of said device with respect to said connector element in the installed position of said device, and flange means extending upwardly from the opposite ends of said base adapted for interlocking and holding coacting engagement with an article to be mounted on said support member.

Claim 5

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said slot includes a pair of laterally spaced enlarged width portions disposed at opposed ends thereof, said reduced width portion being disposed between said enlarged width portions, and said shoulder means including a depressed crimped edge defining said reduced width portion.

Claim 6

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said flange means comprise a pair of generally vertically upwardly extending end walls, and said end walls being bent downwardly and inwardly defining generally parallel flanges extending generally inwardly toward one another.

Claim 7

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said slot is off-set in a longitudinal direction having one end disposed closer to one of said walls than the opposite end is to the other of said walls.

Claim 8

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said flange means includes one flange element inclined outwardly and upwardly, and another flange element defining a generally vertically oriented end wall having a downwardly and outwardly inclined portion and a generally horizontally inwardly extending portion to provide hook-like hooklike member for attachment of an article on said support member.

Claim 9

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 3, whErein at least one of said flange elements extends generally vertically upwardly, then inclined outwardly and upwardly, and then generally vertically to provide a terminal portion adjacent the outer end thereof for attachment of an article to said support member.

Claim 10

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 2, wherein the enlarged and reduced width portions are disposed at opposed ends of said slot, said seatlike shoulder including spaced portions on opposite sides of said reduced width portion, and a resilient finger member made integral with said base and projecting outwardly transversely between said spaced portions being adapted for snap-acting coacting engagement with the head of said connector element.

Claim 11

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said flange means comprises flange elements which are struck upwardly out of the material of said base forming recess portions on opposed sides thereof and defining four leglike corner portions adapted for bearing engagement with said support member.

Claim 12

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 8, wherein said finger member is turned up adjacent the terminal end thereof for camming engagement with the head of said connector element.

Claim 13

An attachment clip device in accordance with claim 8, wherein said connector head includes a recess therein, and said finger member is bent angularly so as to be disposed in overlying curved relation with said head and partially within said recess to limit lengthwise sliding movement of said device in the installed position thereof.