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US 12,489,278 B2Granted
Mounting device with fastener receiving structure
AssigneeBrilliant NextGen Inc.
InventorsAaron T. Emigh, Steven Stanek
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Abstract
A mounting device includes a panel portion, and a fastener receiving structure provided within a perimeter of the panel portion. The fastener receiving structure can include a flexure mechanism to enable at least a portion of the fastener receiving structure to flex with insertion of a fastener into the flexure mechanism that attaches the panel portion against an underlying surface.
Claims9
A mounting device comprising:
- a panel portion;
- and
- a fastener receiving structure provided within a perimeter of the panel portion, the fastener receiving structure including a flexure mechanism having an aperture, the flexure mechanism being configured to flex inward with insertion of a fastener into the aperture of the flexure mechanism until when the flexure mechanism flexes inward beyond a threshold;
- and
- wherein the flexure mechanism includes a failure rib that snaps when the flexure mechanism flexes inward beyond the threshold.
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