Fastener assembly
CA 2087419 A1 · Owner: Shared Technologies Fairchild Telecom, Inc. · Inventors: Potter, James R.; Yamamoto, Albert K.; Cosenza, Frank J.
Overview
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A fastener assembly for securing a first panel member to a second panel member in a spaced-apart relationship. The fastener comprises a tubular shank portion having first and second end portions, a cavity being formed in the shank portion. A first spring member is secured on the outside of the shank portion and has openings near the first end of the shank portion to enable steel ball members to protrude therefrom. Inside the shank portion cavity is a stepped pin member that is spring loaded and held in place by a combination of the shank portion spring ball retention feature and step angles formed on the pin member. The ball members are in the retracted position until usage held there by …
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- Filed January 15, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 15, 2013.
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