Patents Assigned to Diversified Engineering & Plastics, LLC
  • Publication number: 20140023433
    Abstract: A snap-fit joint for connecting frame members includes a male member having an insertion end, a top portion, and opposite sidewails. A female member has a socket to receive the male member insertion end. The socket includes an upstanding wall that temporarily flexes outwardly. Co-acting surfaces of the upstanding socket wall and the male member sidewall include co-acting surfaces in temporarily contact during insertion of the male member into the female member socket to temporarily outwardly flex the upstanding socket wall and seat the male member. The socket wall terminate in a tab and the male member sidewail surface terminates in a recess. The male member is fully seated in the socket, and the co-acting surfaces are out of contact with each other, the upstanding socket wall returns to an unflexed condition, and the socket tab is received in sidewail to lock the male member within the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Diversified Engineering & Plastics, LLC
    Inventor: Rex Blakeman