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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth LeVey, West Chicago, IL (US);
Franco Cisternino, Highwood, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/118 ;
Abstract
The apparatus is a double quarter turn fastener which includes a first element with a head, a square seat, and prongs extending from inwardly adjacent to the sides of the seat outwardly so as to terminate in surfaces with hemispherically extending nubs. The double quarter turn fastener further includes a second element which engages the first element by detent elements or by a rotatable snap fit.