Articulating fastener assembly
OwnerRobert Granatainventor
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Abstract
A fastener assembly for securely fastening a decorative panel in spaced relation to a support backing includes a base member adapted to be operatively mounted to the decorative panel, a carrier member, and a linking member operatively extending between the base member and the carrier member such that the base member is disposed spaced from the carrier member. A fastening medium is supported by the carrier member and adapted to operatively interconnect the carrier member to the support backing. The linking member operatively interconnects the base member and the carrier member in articulating fashion such that the base member is transversely moveable relative to the carrier member.
Claims32
A fastener assembly for securely fastening a decorative panel employed in the interior of a vehicle in variably spaced relation to a support backing of the vehicle, said fastener assembly comprising:
- a base member adapted to be operatively mounted to the decorative panel, a carrier member, and a linking member operatively extending between said base member and said carrier member such that said base member is disposed spaced from said carrier member;
- a fastening medium supported by said carrier member and adapted to operatively interconnect said carrier member to the support backing of the vehicle;
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- said linking member operatively interconnecting said base member and said carrier member in articulating fashion such that said base member is moveable relative to said carrier member and said fastener assembly can pivot to accommodate the structure of the support backing at varying angles and conform to the contours of the decorative panel and the support backing.
A fastener assembly for securely fastening a decorative panel employed in the interior of a vehicle in variably spaced relation to a support backing of the vehicle, said fastener assembly comprising:
- a base member adapted to be operatively mounted to the decorative panel;
- a carrier member;
- a linking member operatively extending between said base member and said carrier member such that said base member is disposed spaced from said carrier member;
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- a fastening medium supported by said carrier member and adapted to operatively interconnect said carrier member to the support backing of the vehicle;
- said linking member operatively interconnecting said base member and said carrier member and including a pair of distal ends, at least one of said distal ends defining a ball, and at least one of said base member and said carrier member defining a socket, said ball adapted to be complimentarily received in said socket to provide swiveling articulation of said base member relative to said carrier member such that said fastener assembly can pivot to accommodate the structure of the support backing at varying angles and conform to the contours of the decorative panel and the support backing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.