US 12,345,288 B2
Blanket fastener
Jason M. Zander, Roberts, WI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,553, filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356891 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 5/06 (2006.01); B60R 13/08 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0664 (2013.01) [B60R 13/0838 (2013.01); F16B 21/084 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0807 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener for attaching a first panel to a second panel, the fastener comprising:
a cap;
a shank defining a central longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the cap;
a pair of wings resiliently coupled to the shank at a distal end thereof and configured to retain the fastener relative to the second panel,
wherein the pair of wings comprises a first wing and a second wing angled away from the central longitudinal axis;
a first fin resiliently coupled to and angled away from the first wing; and
a second fin resiliently coupled to and angled away from the second wing,
wherein the first fin and the second fin are configured to retain the fastener relative to the first panel, and
wherein a pair of whiskers is coupled to the shank at a coupling position substantially perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis and configured to further retain the fastener relative to the first panel while the first fin and the second fin are retaining the fastener relative to the first panel.