Fastener shield
AssigneeRevolutionary Button LLC
InventorMonica Cecilia Steffen
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Abstract
A fastener shield can include a body defining a seat that is designed to receive at least a portion of a pin fastener in a seated position. The seated position can include the body shielding at least one moveable part of the pin fastener while allowing actuation of the at least one moveable part to transition the pin fastener between a fastening configuration and a releasing configuration. The fastener shield can also include a catch that is designed to engage the pin fastener and hold the at least a portion of the pin fastener in the seat. An apparatus can include the fastener shield. Also, a technique can include securing a pin fastener to a shank of a pin, with a fastener shield shielding at a moveable part of the fastener shield while securing the pin fastener to the shank of the pin.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a fastener shield comprising:
- a body defining a seat that is designed to receive at least a portion of a pin fastener in a seated position, the seated position comprising the body shielding at least one moveable part of the pin fastener while allowing actuation of the at least one moveable part to transition the pin fastener between a fastening configuration and a releasing configuration;
- and
- a catch that is designed to engage the pin fastener and hold the at least a portion of the pin fastener in the seat.
A method comprising:
- securing a pin fastener to a shank of a pin, the pin fastener comprising at least one moveable part that is moveable to transition the pin fastener between a fastening configuration and a releasing configuration;
- shielding the moveable part with a fastener shield while the pin fastener is secured to the shank of the pin, the fastener shield comprising:
- a body defining a seat that receives at least a portion of the pin fastener in a seated position that allows actuation of the at least one moveable part to transition the pin fastener between the fastening configuration and the releasing configuration;
- and
- a catch that engages the pin fastener and holds the at least a portion of the pin fastener in the seated position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.