US 2017/0114817 A1Published application

Fastener system

AssigneeC&D Zodiac, Inc.

InventorRichard McClure

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Abstract

A fastener system that includes a female fastener assembly with a housing having a channel defined therein and a switch member movable within the channel between removing and fastening positions. The switch member includes a receiver portion having a post opening defined therein and a switch portion. The housing includes a lower opening. The post opening includes a removing portion that is aligned with the lower opening when the switch member is in the removing position and a fastening portion that is aligned with the post opening when the switch member is in the fastening position. The system also includes a male fastener assembly having a post with a slot therein. The post is received through the lower opening in the housing and the post opening so that the slot is aligned with the channel. The slot receives a portion of the receiver portion when the switch member is in the fastening position.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A fastener system for joining a first item and a second item, the fastener system comprising:

a female fastener assembly that includes a housing having an upper wall with an upper surface, a lower wall with a lower surface and a channel defined between the upper and lower walls, wherein the female fastener assembly further comprises a switch member that is movable within the channel in the housing between a removing position and a fastening position, wherein the switch member includes a receiver portion having a post opening defined therein and a switch portion, wherein the housing includes a lower opening defined therein that extends through the lower surface thereof and is in communication with the channel, wherein the post opening includes a fastening portion and a removing portion, wherein the removing portion is aligned with the lower opening when the switch member is in the removing position and the fastening portion is aligned with the lower opening when the switch member is in the fastening position, and
a male fastener assembly that includes a post having a slot defined therein,
wherein at least a portion of the post is received through the lower opening in the housing and the post opening such that the slot is aligned with the channel, and wherein the slot receives a portion of the receiver portion when the switch member is in the fastening position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/399,609Filed 5 Jan 2017
Priority: 9 Jun 2014
Published: 27 Apr 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

F16B 2/12
External, i.e. with contracting action: using sliding jaws
B64C 1/066
Frames; Stringers; Longerons ; Fuselage sections: interior liners
B64C 1/403
Sound or heat insulation , e.g. using insulation blankets: arrangement of fasteners specially adapted therefor, e.g. of clips
B64D 11/02
Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for: toilet fittings

Family

Application62/009,762Us provisional application · filed 9 Jun 2014
Application14/668,627Continuation · filed 25 Mar 2015
Application15/399,609Continuation
US 2015/0354610 A1Published application
US 9,562,549 B2Related patent
US 9,638,233 B1Related patent
US 2017/0114817 A1This patent

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