Moulding clip devices for adhesively attached windshield structures

Claim 2

In an automobile windshield structure comprising a windshield glass adhesively attached to a body frame at a windshield opening thereof, a clip device for installing a moulding along peripheral edge portion of the glass, said clip device comprises a first clip member having means for gripping the peripheral edge portion of the glass and guide channel means, and a second clip member having means for engaging the moulding and means for slidably engaging with said guide channel means in the first clip member, said first clip member being formed with resilient retaining means and said second clip member with indentation means engageable with said retaining means so as to constrain relative movement between the first and second clip members in one direction but allow relative movement in the opposite direction.

Claim 3

The clip device in accordance with claim 1 in which said resilient retaining means is in the form of at least one resilient pawl inclined obliquely with respect to a base of the first clip member having a free edge engageable with said indentation means, said pawl being deformable by applying an external force to lie substantially along the base to disengage the second clip member from the first clip member.

Claim 4

The clip device in accordance with claim 1 in which said first clip member includes a base and said guide channel means includes a pair of channel shaped guide portions formed at the opposite sides of the base, said second clip member including a body having the means for slidably engaging in the form of a pair of guide portions formed at the opposite sides of the body and adapted to be engaged with the guide portions in the first clip member.

Claim 5

The clip device in accordance with claim 1 in which at least one of the first and second clip members is made of a plastic material.

Claim 6

The clip device in accordance with claim 1 in which said second clip member has tongue means adapted to be placed between the moulding and the body frame so as to prevent direct contact between the moulding and the body frame.

Claim 7

The clip device in accordance with claim 5 in which said second clip member is made of a plastic material.

Claim 8

The clip device in accordance with claim 5 in which said second clip member is made of a metallic material and coated at least at the tongue means with resinous material.

Claim 9

In a windshield structure comprising a windshield glass adhesively attached to a body frame at a windshield opening thereof, a clip device for installing a moulding along peripheral edge portion of the glass, said clip device comprises first and second clip members, said first clip member including a base having a front end formed with a gripping portion for gripping engagement with the peripheral edge portion of the glass and opposite side edge portions formed with a pair of opposed guide channels, said base being formed at central portion thereof with resilient retaining pawl means inclined upwardly toward the front end thereof, said second clip member including a body having front and rear end portions formed with pawl means for engagement with the moulding and a pair of slide portions formed along the opposite sides of the body of the second clip members for engagement with the guide channels in the first clip member, said body of the second clip member having a recess extending between the front and rear end portions at a surface facing to the first clip member, said surface of the body being formed with indentation means for engagement with the retaining pawl means in the first clip member.

Claim 10

In a windshield structure comprising a windshield glass adhesively attached to a body frame at a windshield opening thereof, a clip device for installing a moulding along peripheral edge portion of the glass, said clip device comprises first and second clip members, said first clip member including a base having a front end formed with a gripping portion for gripping engagement with the peripheral edge portion of the glass and opposite side edge portions formed with a pair of opposed guide channels, said base being formed at central portion thereof with resilient retaining pawl means inclined upwardly toward the front end thereof, said second clip member including a body having front and rear end portions formed with pawl means for engagement with the moulding and a pair of slide portions formed along the opposite sides of the body of the second clip members for engagement with the guide channels in the first clip member, said body of the second clip member having a recess extending between the front and rear end portions at a surface facing to the first clip member, said surface of the body being formed with indentation means for engagement with the retaining pawl means in the first clip member.

Claim 11

The clip device in accordance with claim 8 in which said second clip member has tongue means which is forwardly spaced from the pawl means at the front end portion of the body so that the moulding is inserted between the pawl means and the tongue means.