Mid-panel nut
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1. A nut for locking receipt within a panel opening formed from a sheetlike metal blank, comprisinga base plate;
- a sleeve unitary with and upstanding from a major surface of the base plate;
first and second extensions integral with the baseplate and respectively extending away from each of two opposite sides of the base plate;
first and second spaced apart locking strips respectively integral with the first and second extensions and extending away from each of two opposite side edges of said extensions at an acute angle toward the sleeve central axis; and
first and second securing means unitarily located respectively to said first and second extensions between the first and second locking strips of each, each said securing means including a high-friction end portion facing generally away from the sleeve.
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Abstract
A nut (10) for mounting into an opening (18) located in the central part of a panel (14) includes a sleeve (16) and resilient locking trips (44,46) and panel edge securing means 948) extending from opposite sides of the nut. When the nut is positioned within the opening (18) the locking strips (44,46) obstruct removal from the opening. On a bolt (62) being fully received within the sleeve (16) both the strips and edge securing means (48) contactingly engage the panel (14).
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1. A nut for locking receipt within a panel opening formed from a sheetlike metal blank, comprising
a base plate; -
a sleeve unitary with and upstanding from a major surface of the base plate; first and second extensions integral with the baseplate and respectively extending away from each of two opposite sides of the base plate; first and second spaced apart locking strips respectively integral with the first and second extensions and extending away from each of two opposite side edges of said extensions at an acute angle toward the sleeve central axis; and first and second securing means unitarily located respectively to said first and second extensions between the first and second locking strips of each, each said securing means including a high-friction end portion facing generally away from the sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A fastener system for mounting an object to a panel opening solely from a first side of the panel, comprising:
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a nut including, a base plate having edges and dimensioned to prevent passage through the panel opening, a sleeve on said base plate, first and second extensions integral with the base plate and respectively extending away from each of two opposite edges of the base plate; first and second locking means respectively extending outwardly from opposite sides of the first and second extensions, said locking means having springlike characteristics and are of such dimensions as to be compressed while passing through the panel opening and after passing through the opening expand outwardly to obstructingly contact an opposite side of the panel, first and second securing means of springlike characteristics respectively extending outwardly from the same two opposite sides of the base plate as the locking means, each such means having biting end portions; and a bolt-like member received in the sleeve and having a head portion to affix the object to the nut and panel, at which time an end portion of the member contacts the securing means moving the biting end portions against opposite panel opening sidewall edges preventing relative transverse movement of the nut within the panel opening. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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