Attachment device

• US 10,694,820 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2015
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WRDT LLC
• Original Assignee: WRDT LLC
• Inventors: Unger, Robert A., Wanner, William O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Upchurch, David M
• Application Number:
  US14/710,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20150327632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,875 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0005 Fastening of press-button fasteners A44B17/0017 and A44B17/0035 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0023 Press-button fasteners in which the elastic retaining action is obtained by the own elasticity of the material constituting the fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0041 Press-button fasteners consisting of two parts A44B17/0029 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0064 Details
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0076 Socket member
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/10 Parts, details or accessories surgical drape sheets A61B46/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0692 joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45529 Requiring manual force applied against bias to interlock or disengage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4588 Means for mounting projection or cavity portion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4599 including closed elongated access opening for guiding transverse projection travel after insertion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49828 Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled portion of work

Abstract

A fastening device has a female component having a female opening featuring a broader female width at a first depth and a narrower female width at a second depth. The female component also has a female attachment surface with an interior slope rising away from the female opening. The fastening device also has a male component with a male attachment member that at least partially conforms to the interior slope of the female attachment surface. The male attachment member also has a broader male width larger than the narrower female width. The male attachment member also features a narrower male width that is not larger than the narrower female width.

Claims

1. A fastening device comprising:

a first member having a first surface;

a second member having a second surface;

a female component comprising;

a female opening, said female opening having a broader female width at a first depth and a narrower female width at a second depth;

a female attachment surface comprising an interior slope rising away from said female opening; and

a female mounting surface opposite said female attachment surface, said female mounting surface configured to mount said female component to said first surface,

wherein said female opening has a total depth that extends from said female attachment surface to said female mounting surface; and

a male component comprising;

a male mounting member at least partially conforming to said interior slope;

a male attachment, said male attachment member having a broader male width larger than said narrower female width, a narrower male width not larger than said narrower female width; and

a height that does not exceed said total depth of said female opening; and

a male mounting surface opposite said male attachment member, said male mounting surface configured to mount said male component to said second surface;

said fastening device attaches said first surface to said second surface when said male component is coupled to said female component by joining said male attachment member to said female opening.

2. The fastening device of claim 1 further provides, after said male attachment member is inserted into said female opening, rotation relative to each other.

3. The fastening device of claim 1 wherein said female attachment surface further comprises an exterior slope rising towards said female opening, wherein said interior slope and said exterior slope form a plateau or ridge.

4. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component further comprising

said female opening having a differing width at said female mounting surface and said female attachment surface.

5. The fastening device of claim 1, said female opening being a hole.

6. The fastening device of claim 1, said female opening having a hole.

7. The fastening device of claim 1, said female opening having no hole.

8. The fastening device of claim 1, said female opening having a plurality of holes.

9. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component having antimicrobial properties.

10. The fastening device of claim 1, said female opening having a semipermeable membrane.

11. The fastening device of claim 1 wherein a plurality of female components are affixed to said first surface or object and a corresponding number of male components are affixed to said second surface.

12. The fastening device of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of female components and a plurality of male components, wherein at least one female component comprises an opening having a semipermeable membrane and another female component comprises an opening without a semipermeable membrane.

13. The fastening device of claim 1 wherein said female opening and said male attachment member are of a corresponding shape that is an oval or any other shape having at least 3 sides.

14. The fastening device of claim 1, said female mounting surface is mounted to said first surface with glue, welding, stitching, stapling, nailing, screwing, hook and loop, snaps, melting, riveting, or any combination thereof.

15. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component comprising urethane, vinyl, polyvinyl chloride, one or more metals, carbon fiber, wood, plastic, or phenolic.

16. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component being radiolucent.

17. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component being stain resistant.

18. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component being fire resistant.

19. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component being electrically conductive.

20. The fastening device of claim 1, said female component or said male component having an etched surface.

21. The fastening device of claim 1 wherein said female component is attached to said first surface, forming a fluid passageway out of said first surface through said female opening.

22. The fastening device of claim 1 further comprising, on the opposite side of said male attachment member, a male mounting surface comprising a hole.

23. The fastening device of claim 1 wherein said female mounting surface is mounted to said first surface, said first surface is vented, said female opening has a hole positioned over the vented portion of said first surface, and forming a fluid passageway through said female component.

24. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein:

said male attachment member is coupled to said female opening; and

said broader male width resides at a depth within said female opening closer to said female attachment surface than the distance from said second depth to said female attachment surface.

25. The fastening device of claim 1, said female opening overlapping with a hole in said male component, creating a fluid passageway through said male component.

27. The fastening device of claim 1 in which said first surface is the bottom surface of a surgical pad and said second surface is the upper surface of a surgical table.

26. A fastening device comprising:

a first member having a first surface;

a second member having a second surface;

female attachment means for coupling male attachment means to female opening means;

male attachment means for coupling to said female opening means;

female mounting surface means opposite said female attachment surface means configured for mounting said female attachment means to said first surface;

male mounting surface means opposite said male attachment means wherein said male mounting surface means configured for mounting said male attachment means to said second surface;

guiding means for guiding said male attachment means into said female opening means;

snap-fitting means for snapping said male attachment means into said female attachment means; and

a fluid passage for providing continuous fluid passage through said female opening means and said male attachment means;

wherein said male attachment means is joined to said female opening means, thereby attaching said first surface to said second surface.