Patent ID: 8622490
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B67D,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water cooler with a wrapper and at least one exterior, snap-fit panel which engages directly to the wrapper and is capable of being rapidly joined as well as rapidly detached from the wrapper without a need for using screws, the at least one exterior panel including a plurality of rear surface projections, wherein the wrapper has a plurality of apertures which receive a corresponding plurality of press-fit, expandable and compressible fasteners, the fasteners each comprising a hollow shaft, and wherein each of the projections insert into the corresponding wrapper apertures and pass through at least a portion of the hollow shaft of the corresponding fasteners, whereby due at least in part to the expandable and compressible nature of the press-fit fasteners, the at least one exterior panel is assembled to a wrapper in a snap-fit fashion, and rapidly joins and rapidly detaches from wrappers having varying wall thicknesses; wherein each press-fit fastener comprises: