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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1981
Thomas W McSherry, Floral Park, NY (US);
Mechanical Plastics Corp., Pleasantville, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved fastening element for securement within an opening and of the type comprising (a) a head portion; (b) a connecting portion comprising a longitudinally extending body portion including a pair of opposed pillar-like parts, for insertion into such opening; and (c) at the end of said connecting portion remote from the head portion, locking means movable between a collapsed position in which the fastening element is insertable into the opening and an expanded position in which the locking means is effective in cooperation with an elongated retaining element inserted into the connecting portion to preclude removal of the fastening element from the opening. The improvement of the invention resides in the locking means which comprises: