Patent ID: 8622490

Claim:
A water cooler with a wrapper and at least one exterior, snap-fit panel which engages directly to the wrapper and is capable of being rapidly joined as well as rapidly detached from the wrapper without a need for using screws, the at least one exterior panel including a plurality of rear surface projections, wherein the wrapper has a plurality of apertures which receive a corresponding plurality of press-fit, expandable and compressible fasteners, the fasteners each comprising a hollow shaft, and wherein each of the projections insert into the corresponding wrapper apertures and pass through at least a portion of the hollow shaft of the corresponding fasteners, whereby due at least in part to the expandable and compressible nature of the press-fit fasteners, the at least one exterior panel is assembled to a wrapper in a snap-fit fashion, and rapidly joins and rapidly detaches from wrappers having varying wall thicknesses; wherein each press-fit fastener comprises: a body; a first end with an anchor adapter that is located on the outer surface of the wrapper and receives the corresponding rear surface projection; a tapered second end; and a gap on the body of the fastener, wherein the gap enables contraction and expansion of the body of the fastener.