Knob mounting

Claim 1

A KNOB MOUNTING FOR INSTALLATION ON A SUPPORT HAVING FRONT AND REAR SURFACES AND AN OPENING FORMING A PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN SAID SURFACES, SAID MOUNTING INCLUDING ING A KNOB HAVING A REARWARDLY EXTENDING TUBULAR SHANK ADAPTED TO HAVE REARWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT ABOUT SAID OPENING IN THE SUPPORT A LOCKING MEMBER ADAPTED TO HAVE FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT ABOUT SAID OPENING IN THE SUPPORT, SAID LOCKING MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING DEFINED BY A FORWARDLY EXTENDING TUBULAR STEM OF SUCH DIMENSION AS TO PROJECT THROUGH SAID OPENING AND TO BE TELESCOPED BY SAID SHANK OF THE KNOB WHEN SAID LOCKING MEMBER AND SAID KNOB ARE IN OPERATIVELY MOUNTED RELATION TO SAID SUPPORT, SAID SHANK OF THE KNOB HAVING AN INTEGRAL INTERNALLY THREADED TUBULAR CORE SURROUNDED BY THE FORWARD END PORTION OF THE STEM OF THE LOCKING MEMBER WHEN SAID LOCKING MEMBER AND KNOB ARE IN OPERATIVE MOUNTED RELATION, A SCREW RECEIVABLE BY SAID STEM AND HAVING THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID THREADED TUBULAR SECTION OF THE SHANK OF THE KNOB, AN ABUTMENT SURFACE ON SAID SCREW HAVING FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH THE REARWARDLY FACING SURFACE OF SAID LOCKING MEMBER ABOUT SAID OPENING IN THE LATTER WHEREBY THE SHANK OF THE KNOB AND SAID LOCKING MEMBER FORCED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SURFACES OF THE SUPPORT OPPOSITE THERETO AS THE SCREW IS TIGHTENED IN SAID TUBULAR SECTION OF THE SHANK OF THE KNOB, SPURS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID LOCKING MEMBER HAVING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT TO SECURED SAID LOCKING MEMBER IN FIXED ROTATED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT ABOUT SAID STEM AS AN AXIS AND OCCUPYING POSITIONS RADIALLY OUTSIDE AN AREA WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A REARWARD AXIAL PROJECTION OF THE SHANK OF THE KNOB, SAID STEM OF THE LOCKING MEMBER AND A PORTION OF THE SHANK OF THE KNOB TELESCOPED BY SAID STEM HAVING INTERENGAGING MEANS EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT ROTATION OF THE KNOB RELATIVE TO THE LOCKING MEMBER ABOUT SAID STEM AS AN AXIS.