Stud fastener receptacle

Claim 1

A receptacle (20) for receiving and securing a stud (30) to enable a pair of members (32, 34) to be fastened together and being mounted in use in a rectangular aperture (38) in one of the members (34), and comprising a housing (22) for location in the aperture, the housing being substantially U-shaped and comprising a base (40) and a pair of depending opposed substantially flat legs(42, 44), each leg having an outwardly extending flange (46, 48) at its free end for engaging the front face of the member (34), the sides of the legs preventing rotationof the receptacle in the aperture, and a non-circular element (28), rotatable in the housing (22) between a first position in which it is withdrawn from engagement with the rear face of the member (34) and a second position in which it is engaged with the rear face of the member (34); and means (24) for securing the stud within the receptacle, characterized in that each leg has inturned flanges (54) along its sides partially closing the sides of the receptacle between the legs, diametrically opposite ones of the flanges having a slot (55) transverse to the axis of the receptacle which is substantially parallel to the legs (42, 44), and the pair of opposed flanges on each side of the receptacle defining therebetween an elongate slot (62) extending between the end of the flanges at the free end of the legs and the respective transverse slot (55); the element (28) being rotatable in the housing between a first position in which it is held in the transverse slots (55) and a second position in which it is located in the elongate slots (62) and biassed in use against the rear face of the member (34) by means of a spring (26) to lock the receptacle on the member (34).