Patent ID: 8827614

Claim:
A floating fastener affixed to a mounting through hole of a first panel member and detachably fastened to a mounting screw hole of a second panel member to lock said first panel member to said second panel member, the floating fastener comprising: a mounting base member comprising an open-top accommodation chamber, a bottom mounting part disposed at a bottom side of said open-top accommodation chamber, a center through hole vertically cut through opposing top and bottom sides of said bottom mounting part in communication with said open-top accommodation chamber, and an inward rim suspending above said open-top accommodation chamber and defining a floating space in said open-top accommodation chamber; a socket vertically movably coupled to said open-top accommodation chamber of said mounting base member, said socket comprising an annular bottom stop flange extending around the periphery of a bottom wall thereof in a flush manner and attached to said mounting base member around said mounting through hole and stoppable below said inward rim of said mounting base member, an open-bottom lower chamber, an open-top upper chamber disposed in communication with and having a relatively greater diameter than said open-bottom lower chamber, and an annular inside stop flange defined between said open-bottom lower chamber and said open-top upper chamber; and a lock screw mounted in said socket and so configured that said lock screw is movable vertically relative to said socket within a predetermined range and adapted for threading into said mounting screw hole of said second panel member to lock said first panel member to said second panel member, said lock screw comprising a head suspending above said socket, a plain shank perpendicularly extended from a center part of a bottom wall of said head and inserted through said annular inside stop flange of said socket, a screw rod axially extended from a distal end of said plain shank remote from said head and having a relatively greater outer diameter than said plain shank and movable with said plain shank in and out of said open-bottom lower chamber of said socket and said center through hole of said mounting base member for threading into said mounting screw hole of said second panel member.