Plastic fastener
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorYoshio Kaneko
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Abstract
A fastener that can be readily disengaged includes a post that has engaging claws provided on the peripheral face of the end thereof, and a contact plate that engages with the top end of the post to thereby act in concert with the engaging claw to clamp panels or the like therebetween, in which the top end of the post is formed as an inclined face portion that slopes upward from a point on the peripheral surface of the post midway up along the length of the top end, an engaging portion that extends peripherally is formed on the peripheral surface on the opposite side to the inclined face portion, and the contact plate is provided with a through hole to receive the top end of the post, in which one part of the hole edge is contacted with the inclined face portion and the other part of the edge engages with the engaging portion.
Claims6
A fastener that can be readily disengaged, comprising:
- a post member having engaging claw means on a peripheral face at an end of the post member, and a contact plate member that engages with a top end of the post member to thereby act in concert with the engaging claw means to clamp panels therebetween;
- wherein the top end of the post member is formed as an inclined face portion that slopes upward from a point on the peripheral surface of the post member midway up along the length of the top end;
- a peripherally extending engaging portion is formed on a peripheral surface on the opposite side to that of the inclined face portion, and the contact plate member has a through hole formed therein to receive the top end of the post member, with part of an edge of said hole contacting the inclined face portion and another part of the edge engaging with the engaging portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.