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Panel-clip

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Panel clip

Details

Inventors: Goodworth, John P.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Brittain; James R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Tarolli, Sundheim & Covell

A panel assembly includes a resiliently deflectable panel and a plurality of retainer clips. The panel includes a relatively thick rectangular base section and a relatively thin rectangular lip section which extends outwardly from the periphery of the base section. The retainer clips are connected with the base section and cooperate with the lip section of the panel. Each of the retainer clips includes a plurality of mounting teeth which penetrate the material of the panel and a plurality of latch teeth. To mount the panel in the support structure, the latch teeth on the retainer clips engage the support structure to hold the panel against movement relative to the support structure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to a new and improved retainer clip for mounting a panel.
The panel includes a rectangular base section and a rectangular lip section which extends outwardly from the base section.
An improved retainer clip is mounted at each of the corners of the base section.
The improved retainer clip includes first and second side walls which engage first and second side surfaces of the panel.
A connector section interconnects the first and second side walls of the retainer clip and extends across an apex of a corner of the panel.
A first mounting tooth is connected with the first side wall and penetrates the material of the panel.
A second mounting tooth is connected with the second side wall and penetrates the material of the panel.
A first latch tooth is connected with the first side wall and is engageable with a support.
A second latch tooth is connected with the second side wall and is engageable with a support.
In one embodiment of the invention, the latch teeth have free end portions which abuttingly engage the support.
In a second embodiment of the invention, the latch teeth engage opposite sides of the support to hold the support.
When the panel is to be installed in a support structure, the retainer clips are moved into engagement with the support structure with minimal deflection of the retainer clips.
With the first embodiment of the clip, this is accomplished by resiliently flexing the panel to position the retainer clips relative to the support structure.
The resiliently deflectable panel is released and its own natural resilience moves the retainer clips into engagement with the support structure.
As this occurs, there may be some deflection of the retainer clips, themselves.
Thus, the panel is mounted in the support structure by deflecting the panel itself and, to a lesser extent, the retainer clips.
When the panel is to be installed with the second embodiment of the clip, the latch teeth on the clip are resiliently flexed as the panel is inserted into an opening in the support structure

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