US 12,117,029 B2
Fastener system
Travis McClure, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to CENTRIX AEROSPACE LLC, Kent, WA (US)
Filed by Centrix AeroSpace LLC, Kent, WA (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,998.
Application 18/316,998 is a continuation of application No. 17/095,595, filed on Nov. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,692,574.
Application 17/095,595 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/122,462, filed on Sep. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,193,517, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/558,762, filed on Sep. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279888 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 13/10 (2006.01); A47G 1/16 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 13/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 13/068 (2013.01) [A47G 1/1633 (2013.01); F16B 5/0258 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); F16B 13/10 (2021.08)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a plate with a plurality of holes;
a rotational coupling attached to the plate and pivotally attached to an extensible arm; and
a removable fastener having a sleeve with a sleeve opening, and a collet body separate from the sleeve and including a flexible leg and a foot that extends from the flexible leg;
wherein the flexible leg extends from a crown;
wherein the foot is configured to be urged into and out of the sleeve opening via flexible interaction between a stud and the flexible leg;
wherein the stud threadingly engages with one or more of the collet body and the sleeve;
wherein the sleeve opening extends radially outward through a housing of the sleeve;
wherein the crown mates with an aperture in the sleeve; and
wherein the removable fastener is configured to attach the plate to a workpiece.