Claims
- 1. A fastening device comprising:
- a housing having a front, back, and bottom;
- a fastener guide track slidably attached to said housing near said bottom, made substantially of a sheet metal form;
- fasteners disposed on said guide track;
- a further element slidable along said guide track, biased to press against said fasteners on said guide track to bias said fasteners to move along said guide track;
- said guide track having a first and second position, sliding between said first position being along the bottom of said housing, and said second position extending rearward of said housing to expose an elongated cavity in the bottom of said housing to receive fasteners;
- a latching means for holding said guide track from sliding out of said first position;
- wherein said latching means includes a spring engagement means;
- wherein said spring engagement means includes an integral resilient spring portion of said sheet metal form; and
- wherein said spring portion slidably engages a surface of said housing urging said guide track into contact with a latching surface of the housing to lock the guide track in said first position.
- 2. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein said resilient spring portion comprises an elongated element fixedly attached to said guide track at a first end and freely cantilevered at a second distal end, and said slidable engagement occurs at said distal end.
- 3. A fastening device comprising:
- a housing having a front, back, and bottom;
- a fastener guide track slidably attached to said housing near said bottom, made substantially of a sheet metal form;
- fasteners disposed on said guide track;
- a further element slidable along said guide track; biased to press against said fasteners on said guide track to bias said fasteners to move along said guide track;
- said guide track having first and second positions, sliding between said first position being along the bottom of said housing, and said second position extending rearward of said housing to expose an elongated cavity in the bottom of said housing to receive fasteners;
- a latching means for preventing said guide track from sliding out of said first position, said latching means including a tab disposed on said guide track and a notch disposed on said housing;
- a resilient spring portion integral with said sheet metal form of the fastener guide track;
- wherein said spring portion slidably engages a surface of said housing urging said tab on said guide track into engagement with said notch of said housing to lock the guide track in said first position.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/290,088, filed Aug. 12, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,427,299, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/074,941, filed Jun. 10, 1993, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,407,118.
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Divisions (1)
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