Panel mounting clip with adhesives
AssigneeFastmount Limited
InventorsRonald Charles Hanley, Gregory John Kelly
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Abstract
A fastener for mounting a panel to a supporting structure includes a fastener part having a base with an upper and lower side. A connector is adapted to engage with another fastener part projecting from the upper side of the base. The lower side of the base is adapted to be adhesively connected to a substrate and incorporating a surface configuration that promotes a mechanical connection with an adhesive. The lower side surface configuration includes a protrusion extending from the base to a crown. The protrusion includes an undercut portion configured to form a mechanical connection with the adhesive. In use adhesive fills between the protrusions and forms a mechanical connection with the undercut portions when hardened.
Claims12
A fastener for mounting a panel to a supporting structure including a fastener part comprising a base with an upper and lower side,
- a connector projecting from the upper side of the base adapted to engage with another fastener part,
- the lower side of the base adapted to be adhesively connected to a substrate and incorporating a lower side surface configuration that promotes a mechanical connection with an adhesive,
- the lower side surface configuration including a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion extending from the base to a crown, with each protrusion including an undercut portion configured to form a mechanical connection with the adhesive, the cross-section of the protrusions being substantially less at the base than at the crown,
- the base including a plurality of elongate protrusions arranged substantially parallel, with at least two of the elongate protrusions being joined by another protrusion,
- in use adhesive fills between the protrusions and forms a mechanical connection with the undercut portions when hardened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.