Quick detachable fastening means

Claim 1

IN A QUICK DETACHABLE FASTENER, A BOLT HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND PERIPHERAL GROOVE SPACED AXIALL OF EACH OTHER AND A COLLAR COMPONENT ATTACHABLE TO AND DETACHABLE FROM SAID BOLT BY INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH AND RELEASE FROM SAID GROOVES; SAID COLLAR COMPONENT COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BASE MEMBER HAVING AN AXIALLY DISPOSED BOLT RECEIVING BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE AT ONE END THEREOF AND AN EXTERNAL CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE ADJACENT TO SAID FLANGE, A FIRST LOCKING MEMBER RETAINING AND GUIDING OPENING EXTENDING FROM SAID BEARING SURFACE TO SAID BORE ADJACENT TO SAID FLANGE, SAID OPENING TERMINATING IN SAID BORE IN A REDUCED DIAMETER PORTION, A FIRST LOCKING MEMBER DISPOSED IN SAID FIRST OPENING AND ADAPTED TO PROJECT INTO SAID BORE SUFFICIENTLY TO ENGAGE SAID FIRST GROOVE ON SAID BOLT, MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID LOCKING MEMBER TO EFFECT LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID GROOVE INCLUDING A RING MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID BEARING SURFACE ON SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID LOCKING MEMBER INTO LOCKING ENGAGEMENT OR TO BE RELEASED FROM SUCH ENGAGEMENT AND FURTHER HAVING AN END FACE ENGAGING A COMPLEMENTARY FACE OF SAID FLANGE, A SECOND OPENING IN SAID BEARING SURFACE SPACED AXIALLY FROM SAID FIRST OPENING AT THE SAME DISTANCE AS SAID GROOVES IN SAID BOLT ARE SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, A SECOND LOCKING MEMBER IN SAID SECOND OPENING AND A SECOND ROTATABLE RING MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID BEARING SURFACE AND HAVING SIMILAR MEANS FOR EFFECTING ENGAGEMENT AND RELEASE OF SAID SECOND LOCKING MEMBER WITH SAID SECOND GROOVE AND HAVING AN END FACE ENGAGING THE END FACE OF SAID FIRST RING OPPOSITE THE FACE THEREOF ENGAGING SAID FLANGE, SPRING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID RINGS AND SAID COLLAR COMPONENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH SAID FLANGE WITH CAPACITY FOR LIMITED AXIAL MOVEMENT AND COMPRISING A SPRING WASHER MOUNTED ON THE END OF SAID COLLAR COMPONENT AT THE END THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID FLANGE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FINGERS TERMINATING IN ENDS DISPLACED TOWARD SAID FLANGE AND ENGAGING THE FACE OF SAID SECOND RING REMOTE FROM SAID FIRST RING WITH RESULTANT CREATION OF CAPACITY FOR LIMITED AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID RINGS AGAINST THE BIAS OF SAID SPRING FINGERS, AND RATCHET MEANS OPERATED BY SAID BIAS OF SAID SPRING WASHER FOR DSIPLACEABLY RETAINING SAID RINGS IN PREDETERMINED INCREMENTS OF MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID FLANGE COMPRISING A FIRST RATCHET MEANS ON THE JUXTAPOSED FACES OF SAID FIRST RING AND SAID FLANGE, A SECOND RATCHET MEANS ON THE JUXTAPOSED FACES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND RINGS, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND RATCHET MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED DEPRESSIONS FORMED IN ONE OF THE JUXTAPOSED FACES AND AT LEAST ONE PROTUBERANCE ON THE OTHER JUXTAPOSED FACE ENGAGEABLE SELECTIVELY WITH SAID PLURALITY OF DEPRESSIONS ON THE OTHER JUXTAPOSED FACE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID SPRING MEANS.