Illinois Tool Works Inc.
SPRING CLIP

Abstract:

A spring clip for coupling a panel to a vehicle structure having at least one mounting member, includes a base portion, with upper and lower surface, configured to couplingly engage with the mounting member, and a body portion, having a central axis extending away from the lower surface of the base portion and having a first planar wall member and a second planar wall member, opposingly spaced apart from the first wall member with regards to the central axis, each one of the planar wall members extending away from the lower surface towards and joiningly converging into a distal end on the central axis. The body portion further includes at least a first pair of opposing retention elements, each one disposed on and extending laterally outwards from a respective one of the planar wall members, configured to fixingly engage when inserted into an orifice of the panel, during use.