Patent ID: 8671527

Claim:
A fastener assembly comprising: a first component including a slot opening; the first component having a contoured face including a depressed channel extending in a pattern disposed radially outboard from the slot opening; and a fastener adapted to join the first component to a second component, the fastener including a first connecting end held at the slot opening in the first component, and a second connecting end adapted for press-fit insertion into an opening in the second component; the first connecting end including a raised edge collar defining a concave surface facing away from the second connecting end and an opposing platform surface disposed above the raised edge collar in spaced relation to the raised edge collar, a post member extending between the raised edge collar and the opposing platform surface, the raised edge collar including a segmented perimeter wall including a plurality of cut-outs defining substantially independently flexible segments between the cut-outs, the first component being disposed in sandwiched relation between the raised edge collar and the opposing platform surface, wherein the fastener has a multi-part construction, and wherein the first connecting end is adjoined to the second connecting end in a snap-fit relation.