Fastener for variable mounting
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBrent Boudreaux, Eric Peterson, Brandon Rubenstein
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Abstract
A fastener assembly comprising a first wedge portion having an angled end, a second wedge portion having an angled end, and a fastener extending through the first wedge portion and the second wedge portion, wherein a portion of the fastener protrudes from one of the first and second wedge portions for interfacing with a component to be mounted, wherein the angled end of the first wedge portion and the angled end of the second wedge portion are interfaced when the fastener is extended through the first wedge portion and the second wedge portion.
Claims8
A method for providing adjustable mounting with respect to first and second components, said method comprising:
- inserting a fastener of a fastener assembly through first and second wedges of a fastener assembly;
- disposing said first and second fastener assembly wedges in a receiver of said first component;
- interfacing a portion of said fastener with a receiver of said second component, wherein said receiver of said first component and said receiver of said second component are slotted to provide freedom of movement with respect to the position of said first component relative to said second component;
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- adjusting said fastener such that said first and second wedges slip relative to one another and engage walls of said receiver of said first component, thereby locking the position of the first component relative to said second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.