Fastener assembly
AssigneeDCI Marketing, Inc.
InventorJerry Zakrajsek
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Abstract
A fastener assembly for engaging a lattice-like structure, which includes a plurality of substantially horizontally oriented and vertically oriented components, and wherein the fastener assembly includes a first portion, a second portion which matingly interfits with the second portion thereby forming an assembled unit and which further includes individual portions which interact with at least one of the components of the lattice; an object of interest borne by the assembled unit and operable to be releasably secured on the assembled unit; and a fastener operable to engage the assembled unit and the object of interest thereby securing the assembled unit and the object of interest on the lattice-like structure.
Claims23
A fastener assembly for engaging a lattice-like structure, the lattice-like structure including a plurality of substantially horizontally oriented components and a plurality of substantially vertically oriented components, and wherein the horizontal and vertical components define spaces therebetween, the fastener assembly comprising;
- a first portion;
- a second portion which interfits with the first portion thereby forming an assembled unit, and wherein the assembled unit includes individual portions which interact with at least one of the components of the lattice-like structure;
- an object of interest borne by the assembled unit and operable to be releasably secured on the assembled unit;
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- a fastener operable to engage the assembled unit and the object of interest thereby securing the assembled unit and the object of interest on the lattice-like structure,
- and wherein the first portion includes a main body having first and second ends and forwardly and rearwardly facing surfaces, and wherein the main body further includes first and second lattice engaging members, and wherein the first lattice engaging member is borne on the first end of the main body and has first and second courses, and wherein the first course includes a hook-shaped engagement member, and the second course extends normally outwardly relative to the first course and defines a receiving station therebetween, and wherein the second lattice engaging member includes individual first and second courses, and wherein the first course extends normally outwardly relative to the rear surface at the second end of the main body, and the second course extends normally outwardly relative to the second course thereby defining a second receiving station, and wherein the main body further has an intermediate portion which has a reduced width and thickness dimension thereby defining an engagement channel.
A fastener assembly for engaging a lattice-like structure, and which includes a plurality of substantially horizontally and vertically oriented components, and wherein the individual horizontal and vertical components define predetermined spaces therebetween, the fastener assembly comprising:
- a first portion disposed in a predetermined orientation and operable to engage at least one of the horizontally oriented components, and wherein the first portion further includes an intermediate portion which defines a channel;
- a second portion disposed in a substantially normal orientation relative to the first portion and including an engagement member which is operable to matingly interfit the channel of the first portion in the manner of a snap-fit thereby forming an assembled unit, and wherein the second portion is operable to engage at least one of the vertical components of the lattice-like structure;
- an object of interest borne by the assembled unit and operable to be releasably secured on the assembled unit;
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- a fastener operable to releasably engage the assembled unit and the object of interest thereby securing the object of interest and the assembled unit on the lattice-like structure.
A fastener assembly for engaging a lattice-like structure which includes a plurality of substantially horizontally and vertically oriented components, and wherein the individual vertically and horizontally oriented components have opposite forwardly and rearwardly facing surfaces, and further define spaces having predetermined dimensions therebetween, the fastener assembly comprising:
- a first portion disposed in rested, bridging relation on the forwardly facing surfaces of an adjoining pair of horizontally oriented components, and wherein the first portion further includes first and second engagement members for matingly interfitting with the individual adjoining horizontally oriented components;
- a second portion operable to releasably and matingly interfit with the first portion, and wherein the second portion includes a rearmost portion, an intermediate portion, and first and second engagement members, and wherein the first engagement member releasably and matingly interfits with the first portion and is further made integral with the intermediate portion, and wherein the intermediate portion is made integral with the rearmost portion, and wherein the second engagement member is borne by the rearmost portion and is operable to engage at least one of the vertically oriented components, and wherein the rearmost portion is disposed in a substantially normal orientation relative to the first portion, and wherein individual, substantially coaxial aligned apertures are formed in the first portion, the first engagement member of the second portion and the rearmost portion of the second portion, respectively, and wherein the first and second portions form an assembled unit when disposed in fitted mating engagement with each other;
- an object of interest borne by the assembled unit and operable to be positioned in a predetermined orientation relative to the lattice-like structure;
- and a fastener operable to engage the assembled unit and the object of interest, and wherein the fastener is received in the coaxial aligned apertures and is operable to screwthreadably secure the object of interest on the lattice-like structure.
A fastener assembly for fastening an object of interest on a lattice-like structure, the lattice-like structure including a plurality of vertically oriented lattice components, each of which has a pair of legs which define a gap, and a plurality of horizontally oriented lattice components, the fastener assembly comprising:
- a first portion having at least one engagement member operable to matingly interfit with one of the plurality of horizontally oriented lattice components;
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- a second portion releasably engagable with the first portion and operable to engage at least one of the plurality of vertically oriented lattice components by means of an engagement member which snap-fits in the gap between the legs of the at least one vertically oriented lattice component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.