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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter F. Lilienthal, II, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G 3/18 ; F16B 2/100 ; F16D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G 3/18 ; F16B 2/100 ; F16D 1/00 ;
Abstract
A spring biased mechanical fastener comprises two side-by-side first rods fixedly secured at first ends to an end support. The two first rods terminate in two oppositely facing detents, and each rod includes a V-bent camming surface. A horizontal bar mounted on the end of a second bar slidably mounted though the end support engages and drives the camming surfaces. Forced sliding movements of the second bar relative to the two first rods causes elastic flexure of the two rods for moving the two detents towards one another for reduced lateral extent and for passage through an opening through objects fastened together by the fastener.