US1190603A - Hood-retainer for motor-vehicles. - Google Patents

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,1. soum'is. 000 RBTMN ER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

"APPLICATIQN men my a. 1916. v

Patented July 11, 1916.

- T0 alho ham it actor whichflwill be may concern: Be it known thetI, J oHN SQU'IBE S, a cit zenfof the United States, and res ding at Detroit, in the county {of eWayne'end State of ltiichigen, have invented'a, new and Improved Hood Retainer for" Motors-Vehicles,- 1

of which the follow ng is'a specification, This invention relates to means for yieldingly holding edges of the its object hoods of motor vehicles, and

' strong," simple, and easily attachedto and detached from the hood, and which will prevent rattlihgbe' pull on the 1 j plate 17 and bracket cause of the lower edges of uniform downward the hood. p

This inventlonconsistsqof a; sulostentially C shaped spring hztVlIig one end pivotelly V mounted on a side p a hook orpeir ofhiooks 1 vehicle equipped with this improved re-' In the drawings,

of a; bracket? means of bolts 8. The

tainer. Fig. 2'is an end elevation end htig. 3 a side elevatlon' of the retaining dev ce.

Fights is an elejvzttionof a COIlIlGCtlIlgplIi.

Siinilar reference characters referto like parts throughout the several views.

l isa side bar of chz'issis or frame which supports theradn atojn 2 and the dashB. The hood 4 may be and it normally [-ient meinbenp votally mounted onseid pin, I

lhood ande pin carried by. the free end of the resilient mem of any desired construction rests ongthe dash and on a, ing yeztiwardly from the radiator. parts are shown conventionally and jfeny f hood; dash and rediflange; 5 pro ect other construction 0 ator' may be employed.

The retaining device" lower edge of the side 7 two eyes e9 on this bracket receive the pin" 11 having a groove 12. A C- from a fiat bar has an eye 1e at each end,

- and each eye is 'form'ed'withan inwardly extending tongue 15Ithat 'proj ectstinto the Application me my a,

down or retaining thelower is to provide devices of this-chars g These for holding down 6 of the hood consists secured to'the sidebar 1 by i haped .resilient member 13 formed noon-manning non moron-VEHICLES.

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v Specification of lettci'sfatent.' I Patntd J fly 11, ifiifi, I I I Secured ifo the side 6 ofthe hood by means p of the loolts'lfi is a plate lS ithfit are adapted to receive the free endof the resilient mem assemble the retainenthe lowerend of the 9, of the .bracket 17 rend is driven through the elined eyes, ends of, the ,pin 11 @forein'g hack the tongue 15 which i efpinsll The; other pin is snnilarlydriven into the eye. at the free end of ilienjg finiember Bend isiiliifl i p I y by the tongue 15 at thetendl} position.

When the end member is sprung open the shown in solid lines, endfthe pin 11 at the'fiee endof the member '13 is gu ded-so as to lodge In the hooks down the side dot the hood.

I While two resilient hood 7 later on sneps mto the roovelQ and thuslocks pm in proper I retainers are 1"! having hooks the pinll at y 'ber 13. ,To

resilient nember=.is'pla eed between the eyes I,

the rounded" 7 arejsecured in place, the hoodhas been closed,- the resilient I from the position shown in dotted. lines inl ig. 2 to beyond.

p p I 18,; the resiiienc'y of the member 13 thereafter-servingxto press 7 shown in Fig l, it must be n1nderstoed'that any desired number maybe mounted at each side-of the hood. The details and proportions of v the various details" may of my invention ass I alanine I frame and carrying-e pin, a. (II-shaped. resila hook secured to" the the frame and at ek-jbnefckety secured to p k nllfbe, I changed without departing from the spirit I K tgtorthin the'clainis.

v 1; a; motor vehicle the combination of a frame and a, hood, a bracket secured tothe 'e emotion of; I p e 1e fishepedresment memben means ,etgone end of the/resilient e I to the hood, being stressed so as,

member formed from a fiat bar bent tosubtial groove intermediate its ends, said resilstnntialiy G-shape having; one end wound ient member. being formed with a tongue around said pin carried by the bracket, and struck up from the portion wound around 10 a. second pin around which the free end of said pinto enter said groove and prevent 5 the resilient" member is wound and which is longitudinal movement of the pin.

ndapted to be engaged by the hooks on the hood; one of said pins having a circumferen- JOHN ,SQUIRES.

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