Patent ID: 6884012

Claim:
A toggle bolt fastener assembly for mounting articles upon a panel member, comprising: a toggle housing body, defining a longitudinal axis, to be mounted within a panel member; first and second pairs of longitudinally extending slots respectively defined within first and second pairs of oppositely disposed side wall portions of said toggle housing body; a nut member movably mounted within said toggle housing body along said longitudinal axis of said toggle housing body; toggle means mounted upon said nut member for movement between first inoperative positions at which said toggle means are disposed substantially internally within said toggle housing body so as to permit said toggle housing body to be inserted into and removed from the panel member, and second operative positions at which said toggle means project outwardly through said first pair of slots defined within said first oppositely disposed side wall portions of said toggle housing body so as to fixedly retain said toggle housing body mounted within the panel member; sleeve means mounted upon said toggle housing body for enabling said toggle means to project outwardly to said second operative positions, and for causing said toggle means to be retracted inwardly to said first inoperative positions, depending upon the disposition of said nut member along said longitudinal axis of said toggle housing body, such that said toggle means can be repetitively moved between said first inoperative and second operative positions whereby said toggle bolt fastener assembly can be repetitively mounted upon and removed from the panel member so as to be re-used for repetitively mounting articles upon the panel member; and lug means defined upon said nut member and projecting outwardly through said second pair of slots defined within said second oppositely disposed side wall portions of said toggle housing body so as to prevent pivotal movement of said nut member with respect to said toggle housing body and thereby ensure the threaded engagement of a threaded fastener with said nut member such that said nut member can move translationally along said longitudinal axis of said toggle housing body when the threaded fastener is rotated around said longitudinal axis of said toggle housing body.