Patent ID: 6142435
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: F16B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A mounting support and a component integral with said support extending upright on one side thereof, said support adapted for secured mounting in a panel having a keyhole aperture, said keyhole aperture comprising a smaller aperture intersecting with a larger aperture, said support comprising a base arranged on a side thereof remote from said component, said base adapted for seating on one surface of said panel, a finger extending from said base adapted to span said aperture substantially in the plane of said one panel surface, a channel member depending from said base adapted for entry into said aperture, said channel member having a cross section adapted to be no greater than said smaller aperture and adapted to slide from said larger aperture into said smaller aperture, a flange having a dimension adapted to be no greater than said larger aperture but greater than said smaller aperture adapted to overlay a surface of said panel opposed to said one panel surface, and engaging means on said finger adapted for locking said support in said keyhole aperture and securing said component on said panel when said channel member and flange are inserted into said larger panel aperture and said base is slid over said smaller aperture.