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Fastening device

US4066373A · kind A · utility

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4References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 1976
Grant dateJan 3, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 4, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7141
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for releasably fastening objects such as chairs together in spaced-apart relationship comprises a pair of complementary U-shaped gripping means hingedly connected to one another at one end of the device, means for releasably interlocking the device at the other end thereof, and means for maintaining objects in spaced-apart relationship when the gripping means of the device are interengaged.

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