Patent ID: 6659701
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A fastener for securing a panel to a substructure, the fastener comprising:a body comprising a pair of offset flanges connected to one another by a support structure having a bore formed longitudinally therethrough in generally perpendicular relation to the pair of offset flanges, the offset flanges being constructed and arranged to receive the panel therebetween; a head comprising a third flange from which extends a shaft, the shaft extending generally perpendicular from the third flange, the head being located a first distance from the offset flanges of the body when the fastener is in a first, preassembled position with the panel located between the offset flanges, the shaft further having formed therein a retaining mechanism constructed and arranged to securely retain the shaft of the fastener within a bore formed in the substructure when the head of the fastener is moved from the first, pre-assembled position to a second, fully assembled position; and, at least one flexible member resiliently connecting the body and the head such that the shaft of the head may pass into and through the bore formed through the support structure, and such that the head is located a second distance from the offset flanges of the body when the fastener is in the second, fully assembled position, the second distance being closer to the offset flanges than the first distance.