Patent ID: 9328753
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B25B,F16B

Claim Text:
1. A device for securing a fastener to a first member comprising: a body having a snap base and a base retainer, with the base retainer sized to be introduced through an opening in the first member, with the snap base engaging the base retainer with a lock including at least one groove in an interior of the snap base which engages at least one protrusion on an exterior surface of the base retainer, said lock structure securing the snap base and base retainer to the first member, with an opening in the base retainer at an upper end being defined by a narrowing of a hollow interior, and with an opening in the base retainer at a lower end; and a fastener retainer positioned within the hollow interior of the base retainer and having an upper portion sized to pass through the opening in the upper end of the base retainer and a lower portion sized to not pass through the opening in the upper end of the base retainer and a threaded interior adapted to engage threads of a threaded fastener, wherein the fastener is threaded into the fastener retainer and is free to rotate but is limited in axial movement in a first direction by a head of the fastener contacting the snap base and in a second direction by the lower portion of the fastener retainer contacting the narrowing of the base retainer.