US 11,692,567 B2
Fastener
Francisco Criado Del Pino, Cerdanyola del Valles (ES); Francisco Cuervas Florido, Rubi (ES); and Ivan Cipres Ballester, Braunschweig (DE)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,841.
Claims priority of application No. 20178073 (EP), filed on Jun. 3, 2020; application No. 20180606 (EP), filed on Jun. 17, 2020; and application No. 21172266 (EP), filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0381536 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 21/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0628 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0657 (2013.01); F16B 21/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener for fixing a sheet component, the fastener comprising:
a body comprising a pair of resiliently deformable retaining arms arranged to extend axially through an opening in the sheet component during use, and
a pin rotatably mounted within the body and comprising a pair of locking legs, the pin being rotatable between:
an unlocked position, in which the retaining arms are deformable to pass through the opening in the sheet component, and
a locked position, in which the locking legs engage the retaining arms to restrict deformation of the retaining arms and secure the fastener to the sheet component;
wherein each of the retaining arms comprise a rib having a slot formed thereon, and wherein the slot is configured to receive a respective locking leg of the pin upon rotation of the pin to the locked position.