Two part grommet for soft panels

A grommet for a panel having a core with a skin on an exterior surface thereof, the core of said panel having a first hole therethrough, and the skin of said panel having a second hole relatively smaller than said first hole and coaxially aligned therewith, said grommet comprising

• a female element having a cylindrical outer surface acceptable in the hole in the core of said panel and a central bore, said female element having a counterbore of relatively larger diameter than said central bore and a conical end face extending between the cylindrical outer surface and counterbore thereof, said female element having an annular radially outwardly extending groove at the end of the counterbore therein, and
• a male element having a cylindrical portion with an outer diameter complementary to the counterbore in said female element and to the second hole in the skin of said panel, the cylindrical portion of said male element having a central bore of a diameter equal to the central bore in said female element, said male element having an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical portion thereof with a conical axially inner face complementary to the conical end face on said female element so as to pinch the skin of said panel therebetween when said male and female elements are assembled, said male element having an annular protrusion extending radially inwardly from the central bore thereof in radial alignment with the annular groove in said female element so as to be deformable radially outwardly thereinto to lock said male and female elements to one another and to the skin of said panel.