Patent ID: 8776325

Claim:
A fastening system configured to engage a trim component to a primary panel having at least one hole, comprising: a fastener configured to attach to the at least one hole of the primary panel, and having: a core having a doghouse end and a piercing end, a datum feature, a neck extending from the datum feature toward the doghouse end, a foot feature on the doghouse end, wherein the foot feature is a wave washer having spring portions extending toward the piercing end, a cone on the piercing end, wherein the cone is configured to pierce rain paper, and at least three snap features attached to the core between the cone and the doghouse end, such that the at least three snap features are symmetric about the core, wherein each of the at least three snap features is cantilevered from the core toward the doghouse end such that the at least three snap features are attached toward the piercing end and are not attached toward the doghouse end; and a doghouse configured to join the trim component to the fastener, and having: a fastener end configured to support the fastener, a trim end configured to attach to the trim panel, a cradle formed on the fastener end and configured to hold the fastener, and a collar configured to allow the fastener access to the cradle.