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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Eric Leverger, Epone, FR;
Laurent Huet, Meru, FR;
Inventors:
Eric Leverger, Epone, FR;
Laurent Huet, Meru, FR;
Assignee:
I.T.W. De France, Beauchamp, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fastener for fixing a panel to a support is provided with a snapping-in foot adapted to contract elastically to enter a fixing orifice of the support. The fastener is further provided with a head having a plate, a hub, a shank and a deformable member, the plate and the hub being connected by the shank adapted to be received in a keyhole-shaped groove of the panel formed within the thickness of the panel in which the member and the hub are adapted to be received. The fastener also has a deformable rim including a plurality of arcs and deformable arms, each disposed between one of the arcs and the hub.