Patent · US Expired

Bushing for metal studs and the like

US7222394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 2005
Grant dateMay 29, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L5/10
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A one piece plastic stud bushing having a body forming an opening through the bushing, a flange at one end, flexible holding tabs on opposite sides of the opening, the holding tabs having shoulders spaced from the flange a distance sufficient to receive a range of metal thicknesses, and spring tabs on opposite sides of the opening angled away from the flange to engage the stud surface opposite to the surface next to the holding tab shoulders.

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