Patent ID: 6024603
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A board lock comprising:an outer member comprising an elongate body extending in an axial direction, the body having sharpened projections formed on an external surface thereof and a central hole defined therethrough in the axial direction, at least two slits being axially defined through the body coinciding with the central bore thereby defining a plurality of resilient legs having free ends, each slit being reduced from a first width at an end of the body opposite the free ends to a smaller, second width at the free ends, the resilient legs being expandable whereby the free ends thereof are movable away from each other from a first distance corresponding to the second width of the slits to a second distance greater than the second width of the slits; andan inner member comprising an elongate body extending in the axial direction, the body having a cross-sectional dimension slightly greater than the first width of the slits and not smaller than the second width of the slits, wherein the body of the inner member is forcibly insertable into the central bore of the outer member to cause expansion of the outer member and thus drive the free ends of the legs apart from the first distance to the second distance;wherein the outer member is adapted to be received into aligned holes defined in two separate members and expanded by the inner member to secure the two separate members together by means of engagement of the external sharpened projection of the outer member with an inside surface of the hole of at least one of the two separate members.