Part-fixing clip

Claim 1

A part-fixing clip capable of providing detachable union of a substrate and a part which has rectangular holes or predetermined dimensions bored one each in advance therein, which clip comprises a male member and a female socket both molded of plastics, said male member being provided with a shank, a flange disposed at the front end of said shank, an engaging head extended from the front end of said flange and adapted to be passed through the rectangular hole in said substrate and engaged with a pair of longer edges of the rectangular hole in said substrate in a straddling state, and an operating part disposed at the opposite rear end of said shank, said female socket being provided with a frame part accommodating said shank flange rotatably with some clearance therebetween and permitting said engaging head to be projected out of the font side thereof and having an opening, and a barrel projected from the bottom of said frame part to surround said opening and adapted to rotatably retain therein, said shank and said operating part on a non-returnable fashion, the inside of said barrel part having a resilient shape permitting said operating part retained therein to produce rotary and translational motion in one direction while precluding axial movement relative to said barrel, the outside of said barrel part having a shape substantially conforming to the predetermined dimensions of said rectangular hole in said part, and the outer periphery of said barrel part being provided with engaging parts for engagement with said part, said engaging head of said male member being capable of being disengaged from said pair of longer edges of the rectangular hole in said substrate by rotating said male member relative to said female socket having said part engaged therewith by resilient distortion of said female socket without disengagement of said socket from said part.