One-piece swivel clip
US5984242A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C2045/0065
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The device is a swivel clip with a relatively stationary base element and a relatively rotatable swivel element. The swivel element rotates about a shaft which passes through an aperture in the base element. The swivel clip is initially formed in one piece by molding windows in an upper portion of the swivel element which are opposed to molding windows in a lower portion of the swivel element (that is, alternating around the periphery of the shaft). The windows meet in the base member, forming the swivel shaft, the swivel aperture and the internal gates as a single piece. Subsequently breaking the internal gates provides vestiges which support the swivel shaft within the aperture.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.