Patent ID: 6279207
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A fastener having a fastening region within which at least a part of a primary object can be inserted, the fastener comprising a first structural side adjacent to the fastening region, the first structural side comprising a first bent barb extending from the first structural side into the fastening region, the first bent barb having a first back portion and a first front portion adjacent to and pointing toward the primary object, when the primary object has been inserted into the fastening region, the first front portion having a first angle with respect to the primary object which is different than a respective second angle that the first front portion would have with respect to the primary object if the first barb were straight and not bent, the fastening region having an insertion end through which the primary object is to be inserted, the first back portion of the first bent barb originating from a point on the first structural side located under said insertion point and being closer to the insertion point than the first front portion of the first bent barb.