Patent ID: 8196612
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: E03C,F16B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cover assembly comprised of a cover member made of resiliently yieldable material and having adjacent portions that are to be secured to one another, and a plurality of rigid fasteners; at least one of adjacent portions of said cover member having formed thereinto a plurality of recesses of generally circular cross section, each said recess comprising an inner section of relatively small effective inside diameter and an adjacent outer section of relatively large effective inside diameter, each of said fasteners being of generally cylindrical form and having opposite end portions, at least one of said end portions being a double-effect engagement portion comprised of an axially outward end section, having a first effective outside diameter, and an axially adjacent inward section having a second effective outside diameter substantially larger than said first diameter, each of said sections of said engagement portion being comprised of plurality of circumferentially extending, mutually adjacent retaining elements engageable in a corresponding section of said recess formed into said one adjacent portion of said cover member, said inner and outer sections of said recess being configured to engage said retaining elements of said outward end section and said inward section of said fastener engagement portion, respectively, said retaining elements of said outward end section of said engagement portion being of said first diameter and said retaining elements of said inward section being of said second diameter, said first and second diameters being substantially equal to said relatively small diameter and said relatively large diameter, respectively, of said recess sections, whereby said engagement portion of said fastener can be matingly engaged in light interengagement and in semi-permanent interengagement in said recess of said cover member adjacent portion.