Patent ID: 7287945

Claim:
A fastener for removably mounting an object to a mounting aperture of a panel, comprising: a fastener body defining an object aperture adapted to accept a member connected to the object, the fastener body having a U-shaped member having opposed top flanges each connected by a side member to a U-shaped base, each top flange having a keyhole slot; an opposed pair of elastic abutting flanges each disposed between the fastener body and the mounting aperture and having a distal first portion at least partially received in the keyhole slot created in one of the top flanges, the first portion defining a concave shaped engagement portion configured to engage a surface surrounding the mounting aperture when the fastener is inserted into the mounting aperture, a second portion homogenously connected to the first portion having a convex shape, and a third portion homogenously connected to the second portion and integrally joined to the fastener body; and an engagement feature extending above an outer surface of both the second and third portions of the elastic abutting flange, the engagement feature having a peripheral surface defining a flat face facing toward the panel and located in the second portion of the elastic abutting flange, and the engagement feature having opposed walls supporting a flat ramped surface, the engagement feature homogenously connected to the second and third portions about an entire perimeter of the engagement feature and sloping away from the peripheral surface toward the outer surface of the third portion.