Fastener
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsFrancisco Criado Del Pino, Francisco Cuervas Florido, Ivan Cipres Ballester
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Abstract
A fastener, for fixing a sheet component, includes a body with a pair of resiliently deformable arms arranged to extend through an opening in the sheet component during use, and a pin rotatably mounted within the body and including a pair of locking legs, the pin being rotatable between: (i) an unlocked position, in which the retaining arms are deformable to pass through the opening in the sheet component, and (ii) a locked position, in which the locking legs engage the retaining arms to restrict deformation of the retaining arms and secure the fastener to the sheet component.
Claims7
A fastener for fixing a sheet component, the fastener comprising:
- a body comprising a pair of resiliently deformable retaining arms arranged to extend axially through an opening in the sheet component during use, and
- a pin rotatably mounted within the body and comprising a pair of locking legs, the pin being rotatable between:
- an unlocked position, in which the retaining arms are deformable to pass through the opening in the sheet component, and
- a locked position, in which the locking legs engage the retaining arms to restrict deformation of the retaining arms and secure the fastener to the sheet component;
- wherein each of the retaining arms comprise a rib having a slot formed thereon, and wherein the slot is configured to receive a respective locking leg of the pin upon rotation of the pin to the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.