Patent ID: 8690505

Claim:
A fastener arrangement for fastening two or more articles together, the two or more articles having a first length, the fastener arrangement comprising: a fastener including an elongate clamping member for being received in an aperture of the two or more articles, the elongate clamping member being moveable between a contracted configuration in which the elongate clamping member has a length which is less than the first length and a lengthened configuration in which the elongate clamping member has a length which is greater than the first length, the elongate clamping member being resiliently biased towards the contracted configuration; an actuator for moving the elongate clamping member, while in the aperture of the two or more articles, from the contracted configuration towards the lengthened configuration to enable the elongate clamping member to protrude through the aperture and to engage the articles in a clamping manner; and a guide which includes a recess for receiving the elongate clamping member of the fastener, wherein the guide and fastener combination are adapted to be moved through the aperture together.