Quick release pin

Claim 1

In a pin for releasably joining a plurality of adjacent parts, an elongated body having an inwardly extending axial cylindrical recess at one end thereof, a torsion spring having a coil portion disposed adjacent the outer end of said axial recess, said coil portion being dimensioned diametrically substantially equal to the diameter of said recess for slidable engagement with the walls thereof, a pair of outwardly diverging flexible straight arms extending from said coil portion and responsive to the torsional action thereof, said arms extending inwardly of said recess and through their length being in linear contact with the interior wall surfaces thereof to thereby impart a prestress action to said spring, the ends of said arms remote from said coil portion terminating in laterally extending looped ends, a pair of openings disposed in opposite sides of said elongated body in coextensive relation with said looped ends whereby the outer portions of said looped ends normally protrude from said body for engagement with one of said parts, and laterally extending means carried by said body in spaced relation to said looped ends for engagement with another of said parts whereby said pin being disposed through all of said parts will securely fasten said parts between said looped ends and said laterally extending means.