Patent ID: 9016993
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A grommet comprising: a shaft body including a first side surface having a first contacting portion at a distal end thereof, a second side surface having a second contacting portion retracting from the first contacting portion, and a recess extending from the first contacting portion to the second contacting portion; and a main body including a head, and a plurality of legs extending downward from the head and defining a receiving hole therein, the legs having contacted portions and being spread, with elastic deformation, by the shaft body when the shaft body is pressed into the receiving hole from the head; wherein when the shaft body is pressed into the receiving hole, the leg corresponding to the first side surface is spread by the first contacting portion and thereafter, the leg corresponding to the second side surface is spread by the second contacting portion by further pressing the shaft body, the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion in the shaft body are displaced from each other by a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the shaft body, and the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion in the shaft body are displaced from each other by 90 degrees in the circumferential direction of the shaft body.