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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Takahiro Sano, Toyohashi, JP;
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A holding fastener comprising a shank adapted to be inserted into a mounting hole of an attachment member. The holding fastener having a first holding portion disposed at one end of the shank and adapted to extend radially and outward from the mounting hole of the attachment member to engage and hold one surface of the attachment member, and a second holding portion disposed at the other end of the shank and adapted to engage and hold the other surface of the attachment member. The second holding portion includes a holding piece connected to the shank through a hinge to allow the holding piece to be pivoted or rotated between an insertion position extending along the axis of the shank and a holding position extending orthogonal to the axis of the shank. An insertion tube is provided at the one end of the shank. The insertion tube is adapted to be inserted axially into a hollow portion of the shank from the side of the first holding portion to the side of the second holding portion. The holding piece and the insertion tube are cooperatively formed so that the end of the insertion tube inserted into the hollow portion of the shank allows the holding piece to be rotated from the insertion position to the holding position to be locked in the holding position.