Plastic clip

Claim 1

A plastic clip for securing a soft-elastic flat body to a carrier plate, said flat body having a front side, a rear side and a fastening hole therein and said carrier plate having a front side and a rear side and a fastening hole therein having a rear edge, said clip comprising a pair of L-shaped parts, each part comprising a spreading finger having an inner end and an outer end, and a stem half having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end of each stem half being rigidly joined at approximately right angles to the inner end of a spreading finger to form said pair of L-shaped parts, each L-shaped part having a base where the stem half joins the spreading finger and a flexible web interconnecting said two parts together from the outside of the base of the L of each part, the two parts being pivotable with respect to one another between a first position where the two spreading fingers lie adjacent each other and can be pushed through the fastening hole in the flat body from the rear side to the front side and a second position where, after the fingers have been pushed through the hole in the flat body and have been forced apart and bear against the front side of the body, the two stem halves lie adjacent each other to form a complete stem, wherein said complete stem can now be pushed through the hole in the plate from the front side to the rear side and resilient, compressible locking protrusions on said stem halves spaced from the inside of the base of the L of each part that pass through and then bear against the rear edge of said hole in the plate.