Patent ID: 8122574

Claim:
A fastener assembly with a fastened mode and an unfastened mode comprising: a first component including an aperture; and a second component including: a base with a perpendicular post of a size appropriate to be inserted into the aperture in the fastened mode of the fastener and removed from the aperture in the unfastened mode, wherein the post defines a niche positioned along the perimeter of the post; a sprung latch that includes a lever to fit into the niche of the post, wherein the lever includes a spring and a flange that extends beyond the perimeter of the post in a first lever position, wherein the lever is displaced from the first lever position to a second lever position that is interior to the first lever position upon insertion into the aperture and the spring returns the lever into the first lever position upon completion of insertion into the aperture and the flange of the lever subsequently engages a surface of the first component underneath the aperture and locking the first component to the second component into the fastened mode; a rotating actuator that is coupled to the base, wherein the rotating actuator rotates about an axis on the base from a first actuator position to a second actuator position, wherein the rotation causes rotation of the lever from the first lever position to a rotated lever position, wherein the flange at the rotated lever position is interior to the flange at the first lever position, allowing the insertion and extraction of the post into and out of the aperture; and a hinge that couples the rotating actuator to the base and that forms the axis of rotation for the rotating actuator.