Patent ID: 8348567

Claim:
In combination, a fork-shaped assembly tool and a plastic rivet, said plastic rivet comprising: a pin, wherein the pin includes a pin head, a pin shank and pin latching elements at a distal end of the pin shank, wherein the latching elements include at least first latching offsets, and a rivet body fitted with an oblong rivet body head having downwardly curving ends, and a rivet body shank insertable in a component aperture, said rivet body shank comprises a plurality of legs running away from the rivet body head, said plurality of legs being joined to each other distally into a nose tapering toward the longitudinal axis of the rivet body shank, a duct being formed between two of said plurality of legs of the rivet body shank and passing through said rivet body head, each elongated leg being fitted at its distal end with a first locking surface element pointing to said duct engaging the first latching offsets of the pin once the pin has been driven completely into the rivet body, wherein said fork-shaped assembly tool comprises a shank and a pair of opposing arms extending from said shank, wherein, the pin shank is partly insertable into said duct, the plurality of legs running radially outward to the rivet body's longitudinal axis, second locking surface elements of the duct being proximally configured and are engageable with the first latching offsets of the pin when in the pre-assembled state, and wherein approximately diametrically opposite protrusions are configured on the side of the oblong rivet body head which is opposite said rivet body shank and are fitted with recesses or apertures configured to receive said pair of opposing arms of said fork-shaped assembly tool, whereby said rivet body is friction-held in place against said pair of opposing arms of the fork-shaped assembly tool during assembly.