Fastening arrangement

A fastening arrangement comprising:

• a first fastening member including a first surface comprising an array of first interlocking members, each of the first interlocking members including non-parallel sides and a trapezoidal footprint;
• a second fastening member including a channel configured to releasably receive the first fastening member, the channel defined at least in part by a second surface comprised of a resilient material and a resilient biasing member opposite the second surface, the second surface including an array of second interlocking members, each of the second interlocking members including non-parallel sides and a trapezoidal footprint;
• the second interlocking members configured to engage the first interlocking members in a manner that allows the first fastening member to move relative to the second fastening member in an insertion direction in the channel, but blocks the first fastening member from moving relative to the second fastening member in a removal direction opposite the insertion direction;
• the non-parallel sides of the array of second interlocking members configured to engage the non-parallel sides of the array of first interlocking members in a manner that blocks the first fastening member from moving relative to the second fastening member in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction;
• wherein the second surface is configured to deform at the array of second interlocking members when a release force is applied to the second fastening member and cause the second interlocking members to be removed from the first interlocking members such that the first fastening member is not blocked from moving relative to the second fastening member in the removal direction.

A method of fastening and releasing two members comprising:

• inserting a first fastening member into a channel of a second fastening member in an insertion direction;
• urging an array of first interlocking members on a first surface of the first fastening member into engagement with an array of second interlocking members on a second surface within the channel of the second fastening member, the first interlocking members including non-parallel sides and a trapezoidal footprint, and the second interlocking members including non-parallel sides and a trapezoidal footprint;
• sliding the array of first interlocking members over the array of second interlocking members as the first fastening member is moved further into the channel in the insertion direction;
• abutting the first interlocking members with the second interlocking members within the channel such that that first fastening members is blocked from moving relative to the second fastening member in a removal direction that is opposite the insertion direction;
• engaging the non-parallel sides of the first interlocking members with the non-parallel sides of the second interlocking member such that the first fastening member is blocked from moving relative to the second fastening member in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction;
• deforming the second surface at the array of second interlocking members such that the second interlocking members are removed from the first interlocking members;
• and
• releasing the first fastening member from the second fastening member by moving the first fastening member out of the channel in the removal direction.