US PATENT SUBCLASS 267 / 159
.~ Snap spring


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267 /   HD   SPRING DEVICES

158  DF  BENDABLE ALONG FLAT SURFACE (E.G., LEAF SPRING) {5}
159.~ Snap spring


DEFINITION

Classification: 267/159

(under subclass 158) Spring device in which the spring element is a unitary member, including a portion under stress resisting movement toward one side of a plane passing through the bending axis, which stress is reversible when said element or portion crosses said plane whereby to continue urging said element or portion away

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171, for an over-center spring device energized by a coil-spring.