Patent ID: 6036398
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: E04B,E04F,E04H,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A fastener structure comprising a first connector member and a second connector member, the second connector member having a slot for receiving said first connector member, the first connector member having a first pair of generally parallel, relatively stiff, yieldable legs which are spaced apart a distance substantially equivalent to a width of said slot, the slot having an open end defined by confronting spaced apart sidewalls, the yieldable legs having outwardly forming cam surfaces which are sized and shaped for camming engagement with said confronting spaced apart sidewalls, thus causing the yieldable legs to yield towards one another as said first connector member is pushed into the slot in said second connector member, the yieldable legs having oppositely facing locking abutments, the slot sidewalls having notched areas spaced inwardly from the open end of the slot for receiving said locking abutments to secure the yieldable legs in a secured fitted position in said slot with the yieldable legs being formed and shaped to exert forces to hold the locking abutments in said notched areas, and a lock key member being slideable longitudinally between said yieldable legs and being engageable with confronting inner faces of said yieldable legs to further secure said locking abutments of the yieldable legs in said notched areas.