Patent ID: 6338591
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A fastener comprising a pair of side-by-side, axially extending first rods terminating, at a second end of the fastener, in respective laterally extending detents together forming a second latching element having a variable lateral extent, a first latching element disposed adjacent to a first end of the fastener, and a control element axially moveable relative to said rods for causing, in response to said relative axial movements of said control element, elastic flexure of said rods for causing changes in the lateral extent of said second latching element, said first rods being rigidly secured to a support member forming said first latching element, said control element comprising a second rod slidably mounted through said support member and having a first end including a cam operably engaged with laterally inclined camming surfaces on said first rods, said second rod having a second end spaced from said support member and comprising said second end of the fastener, said camming surfaces on each of said first rods comprising a V-bend along each of said rods, said first rods and respective V-bends therealong lying in respective spaced apart parallel planes, and said control element cam comprising a bar extending laterally between and through said planes.