Fastener unit

• US 3,153,975 A
• Filed: 01/11/1962
• Issued: 10/27/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1954
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George M. Rapata
• Original Assignee: George M. Rapata
• Inventors: Rapata, George M.
• Application Number:
  US04/188,914
• Time in Patent Office: 1,020 Days
• US Class Current: 24/295
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/128 a strip with a C-or U-shaped cross section being fastened to a plate such that the fastening means remain invisible, e.g. the fastening being completely enclosed by the strip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 411/913 Self-expanding anchor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/307 Sheet metal formed

Claims

1. A UNIT COMPRISING AN INDEPENDENTLY FORMED AND DISCRETE ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE AND FASTENING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE ON AN APERTURED PANEL, SAID ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE INCLUDING A STUD PROJECTING REARWARDLY THEREFROM AND HAVING LOCKING MEANS AT LEAST AT THE REMOTE END THEREOF IN THE FORM OF PROJECTING OPPOSED SHOULDER MEANS COMPRISING LEAF-LIKE MEMBERS ATTACHED TO THE ADJACENT END OF THE STUD, SAID STUD HAVING SLOT MEANS EXTENDING REARWARDLY TOWARD THE FREE END OF THE STUD BENEATH SAID LEAF-LIKE MEMBERS PERMITTING YIELDING OF SAID SHOULDER MEANS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, SAID FASTENING MEANS INCLUDING A PLUG-LIKE MEMBER HAVING A HEAD ADAPTED TO SEAT AGAINST A PANEL ADJACENT AN APERTURE THEREIN AND A SHANK EXTENDING FROM SAID HEAD AND ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED THROUGH THE PANEL APERTURE, SAID PLUG-LIKE MEMBER HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HEAD AND INTO SAID SHANK FOR ACCOMMODATING SAID STUD, SAID SHANK HAVING A TRANSVERSELY REDUCED PORTION INWARDLY OF SAID HEAD AND A YIELDABLE PORTION OF INCREASED TRANSVERSE DIMENSION RELATIVE TO SAID REDUCED PORTION FOR ENGAGEMENT BEHIND SAID PANEL ADJACENT SAID APERTURE IN OPPOSITION TO SAID HEAD AFTER INSERTION OF SAID SHANK, SAID SHANK HAVING LOCKING MEANS SPACED INWARDLY OF SAID REDUCED PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LOCKING MEANS ON THE STUD AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE SHANK PASSAGE FOR POSITIVELY LOCKING SAID STUD IN SAID FASTENING MEANS, SAID STUD UPON INSERTION INTO THE PASSAGE IN THE PLUG-LIKE MEMBER PREVENTING YIELDING OF SAID TRANSVERSELY YIELDABLE SHANK PORTION WHEREBY TO HOLD SAID UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID PANEL.