US 11,692,568 B2
Fastening device
Dominique Castro, La Rue-Saint-Pierre (FR)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/99,939.
Claims priority of application No. 19212685 (EP), filed on Nov. 29, 2019; and application No. 20201720 (EP), filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0164506 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/065 (2013.01) [F16B 21/065 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening device for fastening a panel to a wall, comprising:
a male member, having a head portion provided at a proximal end along a first central axis and an impact retention stem protruding from said head portion along said first central axis towards a distal end, said male member further comprising at least one tooth portion extending away from said first central axis at said head portion;
a female member, comprising a first cavity, extending in a direction along a second central axis and configured to guidingly receive said impact retention stem, a periphery of said female member having at least one lip portion extending towards said second central axis and configured to lockably engage with said tooth portion, and a second cavity, extending in a direction perpendicular to and intersecting with said second central axis;
a locking member, configured to be guidingly received by said second cavity and configured to retainingly receive said impact retention stem and provide a biasing force along said first central axis towards said head portion in cooperation with said tooth portion when operably engaged with said lip portion.