PANEL ENGAGING CLIP

1,254,783. Releasable fastenings. TINNERMAN PRODUCTS Inc. 27 Feb., 1969 [27 Feb., 1968], No. 10678/69. Heading E2B. [Also in Division F2] A panel engaging clip comprises a support member 12 and a resilient retainer member 14, the support member having two legs 18, 20 extending from a bight portion 16 for accommodating an apertured panel between them, the first leg 18 defining an aperture and the second leg 20 locating and having an opening 24 for insertion therein of the retainer member, the retainer member having a screw threaded aperture 57 which in the inserted position of the retainer member is opposite the aperture of the first leg, whereby in use of the clip screws pass through the aperture in the first leg, through the apertured panel and screws into the retainer member to clamp the support member in position on the panel. In the construction shown the leg 18 includes a pair of laterally spaced elongated arms 44 and 45 which extend upwardly and generally parallel to one another from the bight portion 16 and at their free end portions the legs are joined together by a bridge member 22 the opening 53 being defined between the bight portion, the arms and the bridge member. The bridge member shown includes an upstanding cylindrical pin 23 which after passing through an aperture 56 in the retainer member 14 is headed to form a rivet-like attachment for the retainer member. Instead of the pin being headed over, the aperture in the retainer member can be a smaller diameter than the pin and provided with a plurality of radially extending slits which define tabs which resiliently engage the pin; in a modification the pin can have a head so that it forms a stud engageable with a key hole slot in the retainer member; in a further construction an axially split headed stud can be provided which is engageable with a circular aperture in the retainer member. In a still further construction instead of providing a pin or stud, the end portion of the retainer member can be made U-shaped so that it embraces the bridge member; in this case the bridge member has a projection which engages a slot in the retainer member. The fastener device is either used for fastening two panels together by disposing 'both panels between the legs or alternatively one panel can be disposed between the legs and the other panel attached to the screw. The aperture 24 in the leg 20 can be made of smaller diameter than the screw so that it grips the screw frictionally.