US 12,330,786 B2
Fastening system, monument and method for attaching a fixture to a monument
Henning Joest, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/218,732.
Claims priority of application No. 102020109188.5 (DE), filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309343 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 5/07 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0015 (2013.01) [F16B 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 5/07 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening system configured to attach a fixture, comprising:
a wall portion which has at least two first fastening elements;
a frame which has at least two second fastening elements and which is configured to cover the fixture at least in part in a fastened state; and
a locking unit which, in a locked state, is configured to prevent a release of the fastened state and, in a released state, is configured to allow the release of the fastened state;
wherein the at least two first fastening elements and the at least two second fastening elements are configured to engage with one another and be movable relative to one another in a pre-assembled state, and to fix with one another in the fastened state,
wherein the fastened state can be produced in that, in the pre-assembled state, the frame is moved relative to the wall portion in a fastening direction which extends vertically downward until the at least two first fastening elements engage respective ones of the at least two second fastening elements,
wherein each of the at least two first fastening elements are displaced from one another along the fastening direction, and wherein each of the at least two second fastening elements are displaced from one another along the fastening direction,
wherein each of the at least two first fastening elements is oriented in the same direction along the fastening direction, and each of the at least two second fastening elements is oriented in the same direction along the fastening direction,
wherein the locking unit comprises at least two blocking elements which, in the locked state, mechanically prevents a movement of the frame relative to the wall portion, wherein the at least two blocking elements are oriented perpendicularly to one another,
wherein the frame has a first opening within an overhanging portion of the frame, and the wall portion has a second opening which is aligned with the first opening, such that the first and second openings extend in the fastening direction, and
wherein one of the at least two blocking elements extends through the first opening and the second opening, at least in part, in the locked state.