RETAINER CLIP FOR MOUNTING SINK TO COUNTERTOP

摘要

A retainer clip includes a ratchet plate and a cooperating pawl for anchorin g a sink to a countertop with a press-in, above-counter installation. The ratche t plate has a plurality of detents and is affixed to an edge of a cutout in the countertop . The pawl includes a spring element mountable to the sink and has at least one upwardl y angled, resilient tab which successively engages the ratchet plate detents with a on e- way action as the sink moves downwardly in the cutout. When the sink is fully inserted, the tab seats upwardly in a detent of the ratchet plate. In an embodiment, t he pawl includes multiple tabs having slightly different lengths to provide an installation tolerance that is less than an incremental distance between ratchet plate detents.