Fastener with snap-on captive locking ring

Claim 1

A FASTENER COMPRISING: A CYLINDRICAL BODY, SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SERRATIONS ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF; A LOCKING RING, SAID LOCKING RING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SERRATIONS ON THE EXTERNAL PERIPHERY THEREOF AND A PLURALITY OF INTERNAL SERRATIONS, SAID SERRATIONS BEING IN AXIAL SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SERRATIONS OF SAID BODY, THEREBY PROVIDING PRESET ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BODY; NESTING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID LOCKING RING TO SAID BODY COMPRISED OF PROJECTONS CARRIED BY THE INTERNAL SERRATIONS OF THE LOCKING RING AND CORRESPONDING CAVITIES DEFINED BY HORIZONTAL WEBS IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP DISPOSED IN THE ROOTS OF THE SERRATIONS CARRIED BY THE BODY, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING POSITIONED SO AS NOT TO EXTEND BEYOND THE ENDS OF SAID LOCKING RING AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION LESS THAN THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION OF SAID CORRESPONDING CAVITIES, SAID PROJECTIONS EXTENDING INWARDLY AND LATERALLY RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF THE LOCKING RING.