US 11,739,776 B1
Clamp having a lock and a release resisting key
Danilo Dolfini, Rome (IT)
Assigned to Koch-Glitsch, LP, Wichita, KS (US)
Filed by Koch-Glitsch, LP, Wichita, KS (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,654.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,866, filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. F16B 2/06 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 2/06 (2013.01) [F16B 19/1081 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp comprising:
a lock defining a first longitudinal axis, the lock comprising:
a clamping body portion;
a pair of opposing snap lock arms, each snap lock arm comprising a longitudinal first clamping surface, each snap lock arm having a mounting end integrally joined to the clamping body portion, each snap lock arm being flexible about its mounting end;
the clamping body portion comprising a second clamping surface, the second clamping surface being perpendicular to the first clamping surfaces;
an annular shaped receptacle defined by the pair of opposing snap lock arms, the annular shaped receptacle disposed between the pair of opposing snap lock arms adjacent to the mounting ends thereof; and
a plurality of arcuate undercut slots, a respective one of the plurality of arcuate undercut slots being formed in the second clamping surface at an intersection defined between the longitudinal first clamping surfaces and the second clamping surface; and
a key defining a second longitudinal axis, the key comprising:
a wedge body portion; and
a deformable elastic annular head portion to retain the key in the lock, the deformable elastic annular head portion sized to engageably cooperate with the annular shaped receptacle to provide the retention.