Claims
- 1. A housing which is receivable within an aperture in a panel and engageable with the panel comprising a body member having a flange portion adjacent one end thereof, and at least one arm member attached to said body member, said arm member being defined by an outer surface, an inner surface, and substantially parallel side surfaces interconnecting said outer and inner surfaces, said arm member having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, said first portion being attached to said body member, said second portion being outwardly directed from said body member and said third portion interconnecting said first and second portions, the longitudinal as of said third portion of said arm member being substantially parallel to the longitudinal as of said body member, said second portion of said arm member terminating in an outer end defined by a surface comprising a first surface portion adjacent said inner surface of said arm member and a second surface portion adjacent said outer surface of said arm member, said first surface portion being angularly directed toward said flange portion of said body member, and said second surface portion being angularly oriented with respect to said first surface portion, said first surface portion engaging the surface defining the aperture in the panel, said second surface portion acting as a mechanical stop by engaging the surface of the panel in response to movement of the housing within the panel.
- 2. The housing as defined in claim 1 wherein said first portion of said arm member includes a surface that is angularly offset from the longitudinal axis of said body member, said angularly offset surface acting as a lead-in surface when said housing is being received within the aperture in the panel.
- 3. The housing as defined in claim 1 including two oppositely disposed arm members attached to said body member, said two arm members being substantially equally angularly positioned relative to one another.
- 4. The housing as defined in claim 1 wherein said at least one arm member is positioned relative to said flange portion of said body member so that the space therebetween approximates the thickness of the panel in which the housing is to be mounted.
- 5. The housing as defined in claim 1 wherein said body member and said arm member are integrally molded.
- 6. The housing as defined in claim 1 wherein said second portion of said arm member has an increasing cross-sectional thickness in the transverse direction from the approximate junction of said second portion with said third portion of said arm member to said outer end thereof.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application(s) Ser. No. 07/705,309 filed on May 24, 1991 and now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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