US1790638A - Attaching means - Google Patents

Description

L. J. FOX

ATTACHING MEANS Jan. 27, 1931.

Filed Oct. 25, 1928 INVENTOR.

Leon D.J'. F 1 ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT 10F F ICE l ATTACHING MEAivs Application filed Oc tobei 25, 1928. Serial 110,315,083. 7

i The. invention relates particularly although. not exclusively, to means for connecting'a name or emblem plate, or the like, to any rod, bar, plate, or other support on an automobile. i p r Considerable difficulty has been experienced by persons familiar with the art to V 1 which the invention relates, as well as other persons, in providing an efficient means by utilization of which name and emblem plates Therefore, the objects of the invention are to providesimple, efficient, durable and economical. attaching means whereby name or emblem plates, orthe like, may be securely connected with objects such as rods whose cross section is circular, square, hexagomor other shape; andto'provide means whereby said plates may be quickly and conveniently attached to and removed from said rods.

The invention consists inthe combination of the elements, the details of the construction, and in the arrangement of the various parts, as claimed.

Inthe drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the invention shown attached to a support partly broken away; s

Fig. 2 is the same showing a'modified form of the plate;

Fig. 3 is'a section taken on a line corresponding to 3-3 in Fig. 1, and also represents an inverted section taken on a line corresponding to 3'-'3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective, view showing the strips and member attached to a rectangular plate;j

Fig. the rectanguluar plate and member;

5 is an innerside elevational viewof.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section of a member showing a strip inserted ready for connection with or removal from the member;

Fig. 7 is'a side elevational view of a strip; and

Fig. 8 is an outer side elevational view of a strip. 1

In the preferred construction of the invention, I provide the strips'l and 2 each'comprising the integral inneig intermediate and outer portions 3,4 and 5. Theinner'and outer portions 3 and 5 extend parallel witheach other and the intermediate portion 4 is in angular relation" to the ,innerand 7 Outer portions. I b v o i Atthe lower end 6, of the inner portion 3, is the integrallyformed lip 7, having: the curved inner portion 8. The lip 7 extends substantially at right angles 'to the inner portion and is adapted to be received in any of the equi-distant spaced apart slots or perfora' tions 9 in the body 10 of the U-shape member 11 having its ends 12 secured by solder, or other suitable means, to the -rear surface 13 of the plate or emblemwhich in Figsl and 3 is circular and indicated by 14"and in Figs. 2, 4 and 5 is rectangular and indicated by 14. The ends 12 of the member 11 are secured adjacent the longitudinal edges 15 of the plate and the member 11' extends transversely of the middle of the plate, and has its body 10, integral'with the ends l2,spaced from the plate and extending parallel thereto.

The strips 1 and 2 are formed from resilient metal, or other suitable material. I

When securing the plate to any rod, bar, or other support 16, preferably a part of an automobile,the lips 7, integral with the lower ends 6 of the inner portions 3, of the strips, are inserted into the respective perforations the support 16 to which the plate 14 is being attached.

9 dependent upon the diameter of therod-or of the bolt 18, received in the slots 19 in the ends 20 of the outer portions of the strips,

' the strips are adapted to be forced and main- -It is apparent that the plate any suitable formation having suitable char acters 23 imprinted, stampedor molded in its.

a support 16, as shown in Fig. 3.

tained' in close frictional contact with the sup-1 port 16 and with the intermediateportlons 4 of the strips inclined outwardly ofthe plate 14 and toward the bar 16, as shown in Fig.

The strips 1 and 2 are adaptedto be conveniently removed from or assembled with the member 11 and the plate 14. As shown in Fig. 6, when removingor insertingthe lip 7, of either strip 1 or 2, into a perforation 9, the outer side 21 of the inner portion 3 of the strip is placed parallel to and in contact with the outer surface 22 of the body 10 of the member 11. V

To remove the lip7 fromthe perforation the strip is manually forced outwardly of the member 11. To connect the strip with the member 11, the strip is manually forced upwardly, from the, position shown in Fig. 6, until the inner portion 3 is substantially at right angles with the body 10 of the mem her, and the lip 7 extends outwardly of the vThe inner end 8 of the lip-,7 permit thelip to'slip through the perforation and extend substantially parallel with the body 10 when in assembled position. Likewise the curved end'8 permits the strips to be manually manipulated with the inner portion'3 in contact with the body 10, 'whereby the lip may be conveniently removed from the perforation 9. I,

When the lips 8 of the strips 1 and 2 are receivedin the perforation, as shown inFigs.

3 and 4 the strips are pivotally connected with the member 11. When the bolt 19 draws the strips in contact with therod 16,the lips 8 are forcedv in contactwith the lower surface of the member 11.

outersurface24. The plate 14 may be of any suitable formation and has suitable characters 23 imprinted on its outer-surface 24'. Also, the support 16 may be of any shape.

An advantage of the invention is that when thenut 25 is screwed on the bolt 18 in close contact with the strip 2 the strips 1 and 2 are forced in close frictional contact with the rod 16. V

Another advantage is that while the invention may be utilized in attaching plates of various kinds to stationary -objects,fas

well as automobiles and other vibrating things, the parts are unlikely to rattle or produce other undesirable noises irrespective of i the frequency, intensity, or nature of the vibrations of the parts to which the plate is attached. This is true because the compression in the strips 1 and '2 forces the nut 25outwardly in continuous and forceful contact is curved to 1. may be of with the threads ofthebolt 18, whereby the nut is unlikely to become loosened although, if desirable, a usual lock washer may be inserted between the nut and the outer surface of the strip 2 to afford additional security against loosening of the parts.

Still another advantage of the invention i that the strips 1 and 2,-and the bolt :18 may be i disassembled from the plate 14 and-the menu.- ber 11 when the devices are ,to be packed for shipment 01' storage,3whereby considerable space is conserved.

' Still another important advantage of the. invention is that since thestrips 1 and2 are formed'from flexible or resilient material, and for reasons of the particular structure of the strips 1 and 2, and the meansutilized in connecting the parts, theplate 14 is subjected to little or no strain, or distortion, when attached to the rod 16 or other support, whereby-plate 14 may be satisfactorily constructed from thin, or'soft'metahor both,;without the likelihood of Y the plate i being, distorted. Moreover, brittle enamel or coating of' the plate is notv likely to chip, check, or crack,

when the plate is attached to the support 16. While I believe that the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above descriptiomas the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicientand practicable, yet realizing. that the conditions concurrent with the adoptionof the device will necessarily vary,.-I desire to ernphasize the fact that changes in the details may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention as defined in the claims. i w '7 What I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent isr: 7 I

1. Means to attachan'emble-m plate to an.

object, comprising means fixed tosaid; plate having a pluralityof perforations therein, a

pair of strips having lipsintegrally formed 2 rations and means to draw said strips in close frictional contact with said object positioned f intermediate said strips. V

3. Means to attach an emblem plate to an object comprisinga member attached to the rear surface ofsaid plate and having its body spaced from said plate, a pair of strips having their lower ends movably connected with said member, and-adapted to receive said object therebetween and .means to force and retain said strips in close frictional contact with said object. r

4. Means to attach a plate to an objec comprising a member attached to the rear surface of said plate and having its body spaced from said plate and said body having a plurality of spaced apart perforations therein, a pair of resilient strips having lips integrally formed with their lower ends, said lips adapted to be received and retained in said perforations, and manually operative means to force and retain said strips in close frictional contact with said object positioned intermediate said strips. 7

5. Means to attach an emblem plate to an object, comprising a U-shape member, means to attach said member to said plate, said member having a plurality of spaced apart perforations therein, a pair of'resilient strips having lower ends receivable and retainable in two of said perforations spaced a distance dependent upon the size of said object, and

means to force and retain said strips in close frictional contact with said object positioned intermediate said strips. v

6. Means to attach an emblem plate to an object, comprising a U-shape member, means to attach said member to said plate, said member having aplurality of spaced apart perforations therein, a pair of strips having lower ends receivable and retainable in corresponding said perforations, and means to force and retain said strips in close frictional contact with said object.

7. Means to attach an emblem plate to an object, comprising a U-shape member, means to attach said member vto the rear surface of said plate, said member having its body spaced from said plate and having a plurality of spaced apart perforations therein, a pair 7 of resilient strips having lips integrally formed with their lower ends, said lips receivable and retainable in two of said perforations. said lips each extending substantially at right angles to the rest of the strip, and means to force and retain said strips in close frictional contact with said object.

8. Means to attach an emblem plate to an object, comprising a U-shape member attached to the rear surface of said plate and having its body spaced from said plate and said body having a plurality of equi-distant spaced apart perforations therein, a pair of resilient strips having lips integrally formed with their lower ends, said lips each extending substantially at right angles to the rest of the strip, and adapted to be received in two of said perforations whereby said object is receivable between said strips, said lips extending in opposite directions to each other and engaging the bottom of said U-shape member, and means to force and retain said strips in close frictional contact with said object positioned intermediate said strips.

LEONARD J AMES FOX.

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