Patent · US Expired

Eyelet and method of attaching the same

US4890362A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1988
Grant dateJan 2, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49915
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An eyelet having a seat and an eyelet body. The seat has a central hole formed of a tapered cylindrical portion extending and narrowing in the opposite direction of insertion, a curved annular crest extending in the inserting direction from the cylindrical portion, a curved annular trough extending from the annular crest, and a flat portion extending from the annular trough. The eyelet body has a annular flat base and a tapered cylindrical portion extending from the flat base and narrowing in the inserting direciton. The cylindrical portion has a continuous edge which is sharpened to stamp out a sheet to which the eyelet is attached.

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