Concealed fastener receiver
AssigneeAllen Industries, Inc.
InventorTheodore E. Mach
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Abstract
A fastener receiver for a vehicle panel construction, panel construction employing same, and method of fastening such panel construction employing such receiver are provided wherein the receiver is an improved two-piece receiver which is adapted to receive a portion of an associated fastener which is fastened to a vehicle frame to thereby fasten the panel construction to such frame in a concealed manner.
Claims15
In a fastener receiver for a vehicle panel construction wherein said receiver is carried by said panel construction and is adapted to receive a portion of an associated fastener which is fastened to a vehicle frame to fasten said panel construction to said vehicle frame in a concealed manner, the improvement wherein said receiver is separate from and affixed to said panel construction and comprises, an outer rigid and hard washer-like member having a first right circular cylindrical opening therethrough and an inside bearing surface adjoining the inner end of said first cylindrical opening, and an inner washer-like member made of a displaceable comparatively low density material, said inner member being disposed against said bearing surface and having a second right circular central opening aligned coaxially with said first cylindrical opening, said second opening having a smaller diameter than said first opening, said portion of said fastener extending through said first cylindrical opening and at least partially within said second central opening, said portion of said fastener having a locking edge disposed against said bearing surface to fasten said panel construction in position substantially in a locked manner.
In a panel construction for a vehicle comprising a panel body and a plurality of fastener receivers carried by said body, each of said receivers being adapted to receive a head of an associated fastener which has an inner end portion fastened to the frame of said vehicle to fasten said panel construction to said frame in a concealed manner, the improvement wherein each receiver is separate from and affixed to said panel body and comprises, an outer rigid and hard washer-like member made of a comparatively high density rigid material, said outer member having a cylindrical opening therethrough and an inside bearing surface adjoining the inner end of said cylindrical opening, and an inner washer-like member made of a displaceable comparatively low density material, said inner member being disposed against said bearing surface and having a central opening aligned coaxially with said cylindrical opening, said head of said associated fastener extending through said cylindrical opening and at least partially within said central opening, said head of said associated fastener having a locking edge disposed against said bearing surface to fasten said panel construction in position against said frame substantially in a locked manner.
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