Quarter turn fastener

A fastening arrangement for connecting a first member to a second member comprising:

• a first member having first and second surfaces and an elongated aperture connecting the first and second surfaces;
• a second member having a first surface for contact with the first member second surface, the second member having an aperture intersecting with the first surface for registration with the aperture of the first member, the second member also having a recessed second surface with a ramp opposite the first surface, and the second surface having two arms;
• a pin having on one end a thumb tab connected with a flange and projecting on another side of the flange from the thumb tab a lock wing, the flange being deformable, allowing it to be snapped into the recessed portion of the second member to be attached with the second member before the second member is secured to the first member, and the flange having studs to prevent overturning of the pin, the flange having opposite the thumb tab a ramp which in cooperation with the second member ramp prevents reverse turning of the pin after assembly, and the pin having a lock wing with a deformable portion insertable into the apertures of the first and second members to insure the angular orientation of the lock wings when the pin is attached with the second member for projection of the lock wing into the apertures of the first and second members, and whereby angular relocation of the pin causes the pin flange to be displaced with respect to the first member and to be captured by the arms of the second member and for the lock wing to secure the pin from removal due to the angular orientation of the lock wing with the first member aperture.

A fastening arrangement of a first member connected with a second member comprising:

• a first member having first and second surfaces and an elongated aperture intersecting the first and second surfaces;
• a second member having a first surface for contact with the first member second surface, the second member having an aperture intersecting with the first surface for registration with the aperture of the first member, the second member also having a second surface generally opposite the first surface and the second member second surface having at least two arms;
• a pin having a midportion with a first surface for engaging contact with the second member second surface, the pin also having on the end of the pin adjacent the first member projecting from the midportion a lock wing, and the pin having on a side of the midportion opposite the lock wing a torsional force receptive surface to facilitate the importation of torsional force to the pin to achieve angular positional relocation of the pin, the pin being compliantly attached with the arms before the second member is secured with the first member, wherein to secure the first and second members together the pin lock wing is projected through the apertures of the first and second members and a torsional relocation of the pin causes the lock wing to be rotated to secure the pin from removal by its angular orientation with respect to the first member aperture.

A fastening arrangement for connecting a first member to a second member comprising:

• a first member having first and second surfaces and an elongated aperture connecting the first and second surfaces;
• a second member having a first surface for contact with the first member second surface, the second member having an aperture intersecting with the first surface for registration with the aperture of the first member, the second member also having a recessed second surface with a ramp opposite the first surface, and the second surface having two arms;
• a pin having on one end a thumb tab connected with a flange and projecting on another side of the flange from the thumb tab a lock wing, the flange being deformable, allowing it to be snapped into the recessed portion of the second member to be attached with the second member before the second member is secured to the first member, and the flange having studs to prevent overtorquing of the pin, and the pin having a lock wing with a deformable portion insertable into the apertures of the first and second members to insure the angular orientation of the lock wings when the pin is attached with the second member for projection of the lock wing into the apertures of the first and second members, and whereby angular relocation of the pin causes the lock wings to rotate to secure the pin from removal, creating a normal force between the lock wing and the first member first surface to secure the pin from removal due to the angular orientation of the lock wing with the first member aperture, and the pin flange having opposite the thumb tab a ramp which in cooperation with the ramp of the second member prevents reverse turning of the pin after assembly of the arrangement.