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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rae-Ann LoCicero, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Stuart Morgan, Westford, MA (US);
Michael Romm, Brighton, MA (US);
Robert Barker, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403331 ; 403334 ; 403353 ; 403387 ;
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a fastener having two mating pieces. One of the mating has a rigid surface of thickness q, and a hole in the surface, the hole including a slot defined by two generally parallel edges separated by a distance r. The other mating piece has a base and a pair of wings held above the base to define two generally parallel channels spaced to accommodate the two parallel edges of the slot, the channels having a thickness greater than q, the span of the wings being greater than r.