Releasable fastener assembly affixable through a panel

• US 7,555,818 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2004
• Issued: 07/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taylor Made Group LLC (Nelson A. Taylor Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Taylor Made Group, Inc. (Nelson A. Taylor Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Furlong, Andrew S., Erskine, Edward J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lavinder; Jack W.
• Application Number:
  US10/944,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20060062653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,751 Days
• Field of Search: 411/511, 411/542, 16/21, 523/04, 246/71, 24/94, 24/95, 24/96
• US Class Current: 24/305
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0835 the fastening elements extending into the back side of the covering elements E04F13/0851 takes precedence
• 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 24/34 Combined diverse multipart fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3497 Button fastening element including another fastener element

Abstract

A releasable fastener assembly is affixable through a panel having a front side and a back side and a mounting hole therethrough. The releasable fastener assembly includes a mounting button attachable to the panel back side, the mounting button having a button shaft sized to fit into the mounting hole and a button head with a diameter larger than the mounting hole. A seal may be fit between the mounting button and the panel back side. One part of a releasable fastener is attachable to the panel front side and has an aperture therein in alignment with the mounting hole. A fixing member secures the one part and the mounting button to each other through the panel.

Claims

1. A releasable fastener assembly affixable through a panel having a front side and a back side and a mounting hole therethrough, the releasable fastener assembly comprising:

a mounting button attachable to the panel back side, the mounting button having a button shaft sized to fit into the mounting hole and a button head with a diameter larger than the mounting hole;

one part of a snap assembly attachable to the panel front side and having an aperture therein, the one part being positioned relative to the mounting button and the panel to be engageable with a complementary part of the snap assembly on the panel front side;

a fixing member securing the one part and the mounting button to each other through the panel, the fixing member engaging the button shaft through the aperture of the snap assembly one part from the panel front side; and

a seal shaped to fit between the mounting button and the panel back side, wherein the fixing member secures the one part, the seal and the mounting button to one another through the panel.

2. A releasable fastener assembly according to claim 1, wherein the seal comprises an O-ring seal having a diameter smaller than the button head.

3. A releasable fastener assembly according to claim 2, wherein the button head comprises a channel therein shaped to receive the O-ring seal.

4. A releasable fastener assembly securable through a hole in a panel, the releasable fastener assembly comprising:

a mounting button having a button shaft with a hole therein;

one part of a snap assembly having an aperture therein;

a fixing screw extendable through the aperture of the one part and into the hole of the button shaft, the fixing screw being sized to secure the one part and the mounting button on opposite sides of the panel, the fixing screw engaging the hole of the button shaft through the aperture of the snap assembly one part from the one part side of the panel; and

a seal placeable between at least one of the one part and the panel and between the mounting button and the panel,

wherein the one part is positioned relative to the mounting button and the panel to be engageable with a complementary part of the snap assembly on the one part side of the panel.

5. A releasable fastener assembly according to claim 4, wherein the seal comprises an O-ring seal sized to fit over the button shaft.

6. A releasable fastener assembly affixable through a panel having a front side and a back side and a mounting hole therethrough, the releasable fastener assembly comprising:

a mounting button attachable to the panel back side, the mounting button having a button shaft sized to fit into the mounting hole and a button head with a diameter larger than the mounting hole;

one part of a snap assembly positioned relative to the mounting button and the panel to be engageable with a complementary part of the snap assembly on the panel front side;

a fixing member securing the one part and the mounting button to each other through the panel from the panel front side; and

a seal shaped to fit between the mounting button and the panel back side.