Fastener assembly

Claim 2

A fastener assembly for attaching two members together comprising a clip adapted to be seated in an aperture in one of said members so as not to protrude above the surface thereof; said clip having a base, with means for securing said base to the bottom of said aperture, and a wall element including two spaced wing members diverging from each other upwardly from said base; and a plurality of completely straight finger-like projections integral with intermediate portions of said wing members and converging toward each other along linear paths from apertures in said wing members and downwardly in the direction of said base, said projections being adapted to receive and retain between the ends thereof the head portion of a screw means, the shank portion of which is adapted to be embedded in the other of said members.

Claim 3

A fastener assembly of claim 1 which further comprises a screw means having a head portion, a shank portion and a shoulder stop intermediate said shank portion, said shank portion being adapted to be embedded in the other of said members, said head portion being adapted to be received and retained between the ends of said finger-like projections and said shoulder stop being located on said shank portion to fix the depth of embedding of said shank portion in said other member so that when said head portion is received between the ends of said finger-like projections, said members will be in a flush abutting relationship.

Claim 4

A fastener assembly of claim 1 wherein said base, said wall element and said projections are all formed from a single integral piece of metal.

Claim 5

A fastener assembly of claim 1 wherein said projections extend angularly from said wall element at an angle of about 40* to 60*.

Claim 6

A fastener assembly for attaching two members together comprising: a clip adapted to be seated in an aperture in one of said members so as not to protrude above the surface thereof; said clip having a base, with means for securing said base to the bottom of said aperture, and a wall element extending upwardly from said base so as to contact the side of said aperture; and a plurality of finger-like projections integral with an intermediate portion of said wall element and extending angularly therefrom in the direction of said base, said projections being adapted to receive and retain therebetween the head portion of a screw means, the shank portion of which is adapted to be embedded in the other of said members; wherein said base, said wall element and said projections are all formed from a single integral piece of metal and in which the aperture is cylindrical in shape and in which the single piece of metal comprises a generally circular central base member having wing portions extending therefrom in opposite directions, said wing portions being bent substantially perpendicular to said base member and having portions bent along lines extending perpendicular to the plane of said base member, the perpendicularly extending edges of said wing members and the outer surfaces of said portions at the bends thereof being located on the circumference of a circle having a radius approximating the radius of the aperture in which said clip is located; said base member being located in the bottom of said aperture, and said wing members engaging the walls of said aperture at said edges and the outer surface of the bends of said portions.

Claim 7

A fastener assembly for attaching two members together comprising: a clip adapted to be seated in an aperture in one of said members so as not to protrude above the surface thereof; said clip having a base, with means for securing said base to the bottom of said aperture, and a wall element extending upwardly from said base so as to contact the side of said aperture; and a plurality of finger-like projections integral with an intermediate portion of said wall element and extending angularly therefrom in the direction of said base, said projections being adapted to receive and retain therebetween the head portion of a screw means, the shank portion of which is adapted to be embedded in the other of said members; wherein said base, said wall element and said projections are all formed from a single integral piece of metal and in which the aperture is cylindrical in shape and in which the single piece of metal comprises a generally circular central base member having wing portions extending therefrom in opposite directions, said wing portions being bent substantially perpendicular to said base member and having portions bent along lines extending perpendicular to the plane of said base member, the perpendicularly extending edges of said wing members and the outer surfaces of said portions at the bends thereof being located on the circumference of a circle having a radius approximating the radius of the aperture in which said clip is located; said base member being located in the bottom of said aperture, and said wing members engaging the walls of said aperture at said edges and the outer surface of the bends of said portions.