Patent ID: 7352593

Claim:
An anchoring member for facilitating fastening a first daughter board, said first daughter board having at least one circuit element thereon, to a first side of a mother board, said mother board having at least one circuit element thereon, and for facilitating fastening of a second daughter board, said second daughter board having at least one circuit thereon, to a second side of the mother board, said second side of the mother board being opposed from said first side of the mother board, said anchor member comprising: an elongated body extending in a longitudinal direction; a first coupling member for coupling the first daughter board to the elongated body substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction; a second coupling member for coupling the second daughter board to the elongated body substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction; a friction fit surface for securing the elongated body to the mother board; a positioning flange for positioning the elongated body in an inserted position in the mother board; wherein, when the elongated body is inserted into an aperture of the mother board in the longitudinal direction to the inserted position, the positioning flange abuts the first side of the mother board and the friction fit surface interacts with the aperture to secure the elongated body in the inserted position; wherein, when the elongated body is in the inserted position, the first coupling member can couple the first daughter board to the elongated body on the first side of the mother board, and the second coupling member can couple the second daughter board to the elongated body on the second side of the mother board, with the first daughter board, mother board and second daughter board being arranged in substantially parallel arrangement.