US 12,234,852 B2
Fastening element
Joost De Frene, Waregem (BE); Elien Henriette Roger Delmotte, Kortrijk (BE); John Urbain Houfflyn, Waregem (BE); and Kristof Gustaaf Vanluchene, Machelen (BE)
Assigned to RENSON NV, Waregem (BE)
Appl. No. 17/792,345
Filed by RENSON NV, Waregem (BE)
PCT Filed Jan. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050444
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144243, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/0007 (BE), filed on Jan. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030771 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 37/04 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01); F16B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/045 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0805 (2013.01); F16B 25/0063 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening assembly comprising:
one or more fastening elements, and
one or more elongated elements,
a fastening element of the one or more fastening elements being configured for fastening an elongated element of the one or more elongated elements, to a wall by means of a screw comprising a helical alignment element,
wherein the screw is inserted in the wall through an opening in the elongated element, and wherein:
the fastening element has an opening with a central axis, extending from a front side to a back side, the opening being configured so that after the screw has been inserted through the opening, the helical alignment element may engage therein; and
the fastening element, viewed transversally to the central axis and viewed in a direction of a first angular position about the central axis, extends over a first distance,
the fastening element, viewed transversally to the central axis and viewed in a direction of a second angular position about the central axis, extends over a second distance,
wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance and a difference between the first angular position and the second angular position is in a range of 30° to 150°, and
wherein the fastening element is configured to cooperate with the elongated element to allow rotation of the fastening element about the central axis of the opening between a fastened state, in which the first angular position of the fastening element is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated element, and a removable state, in which the second angular position is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the elongated element, wherein:
the elongated element comprises an elongated profile with a C-shaped cross-section having an open side and an internal cavity;
the second distance, in the removable state, allows the fastening element to be brought through the open side into or out of the internal cavity;
the first distance, after inserting the fastening element in the internal cavity in the removable state and rotating the fastening element from the removable state towards the fastened state, allows the fastening element to run against the elongated profile; and
in the fastened state, the fastening element is positioned within the internal cavity of the elongated profile and may no longer be brought out of the elongated profile.