Patent ID: 8845257
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
1. A fastener for mounting a first member, defining two opposite faces, to a second member, defining a mounting hole, the fastener comprising: a C-shaped clip for receiving the first member; a rivet including a tip and an outer peripheral face and the rivet being fixable to the second member at the mounting hole; a sleeve disposed between the rivet insertion hole of the clip and the outer peripheral face of the rivet; the clip further having a first portion, a second portion having two sides, and a base joining the first and second portions, the clip being configured so that the first member is clampable between the first portion and the second portion; the first portion and the second portion of the clip defining respective rivet insertion holes for insertion of the rivet; and the clip and the rivet being configured so that the tip of the rivet can be passed through the rivet insertion holes in the clip during assembly, and so that the rivet tip can be inserted in the mounting hole in the second member during mounting.