Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fastener comprising a snap-engagement foot to push through a hole in a panel and an engagement head configured to jut over said panel
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Application No.: US14403262Application Date: 2013-04-30
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Publication No.: US09963087B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Eric Leverger , Laurent Huet , Rachid Idjakiren
- Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: FR1255136 20120601
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/000803 WO 20130430
- International Announcement: WO2013/179110 WO 20131205
- Main IPC: B60R13/02
- IPC: B60R13/02 ; F16B21/08 ; F16B13/04 ; F16B5/06

Abstract:
The invention concerns a fastener comprising a head and a foot comprising a rigid core and three curved flexible wings each joining said rigid core along one side, having opposite a face of said core an inside surface bordered by a longitudinal edge and by a transverse edge, and having an outside surface respectively tapering towards a pointed end which is an opposite end to said head and towards said transverse edge, on respective opposite sides of an inflection plane, each said wing being configured to bend by elastic deformation towards said core; said core comprising a hub and three small walls extending radially from said hub, whereby said core is star-shaped in cross-section; and said inside surface of each said wing is bordered by a said respective small wall which is remotely opposite said longitudinal edge.
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