Fasteners

Claim 1

The combination of a receptacle and a rotatable stud for securing together first and second frame members having respective first and second openings, said receptacle being pressure-moulded as a substantially cylindrical hollow body having axially opposite end faces one of which rests upon said first frame member, said hollow body being in part defined by a central axial bore extending between said opposite end faces, said body fuRther including a base portion defined by an enlarged peripheral flange including as a portion thereof said one end face, cage means for encompassing and captively uniting said base portion against said first frame member, means between said base portion and said cage means for preventing relative rotation therebetween, at least one slot formed in said hollow body, said one slot having an axially directed portion directed through said one end face, remaining portions of said slot defining a helical ramp terminating at a hollow adjacent to but spaced from a second of said end faces, said hollow body at an area above said helical ramp being of a thickness less than to either side thereof; a housing receiving one end of said stud while another end carrying a radial detent projects outwardly thereof, a spring telescopically surrounding said stud at one end and biasing said detent toward said housing, and means securing said housing to said second frame member whereby upon telescopic insertion of said housing and stud into said bore said detent respectively travels through said one end face, said axially directed portion, said helical ramp and comes to rest in said hollow and being retained therein by said spring.