Half-turn industrial fastener

Claim 1

An industrial fastener comprising a keeper plate member to be fastened to one panel and a turn member to be fastened to another panel; said turn member comprising a base member, a slide member, a hook member, turning means and hinge means; said hinge means pivotally connecting said hook member and said slide member and including a spring to pivotally spring-load said hook-member so that it tends to spring away from said keeper plate when said hook member is unlocked from said keeper plate; said slide member being a sheet metal member having a flat portion which slides within said base member to be extended or withdrawn and has an elongated cam slot transverse to the direction of said movement; said base member being a one-piece integral member having a top wall portion, a bottom wall portion and a bent-back U-connection portion which connects said top wall portion and said bottom wall portion, said bottom and top wall portions between them forming a guideway for said slide member and grasping said slide member with spring force to provide a restraining pressure on said slide member, said base member having two opposite elongated side wall portions perpendicular to said U-connection plate and in the same plane thereof, said sidewall portions forming a guideway for said slide member, said base member having at its top wall an opening therein; said turning means protruding through said base member opening and including means to rotate said turning means and also including a cam member being eccentric as to the center of said turning means; wherein said turning means is rotated to move said cam member about the center of said base member opening and within said cam slot to thereby slide forward and withdraw said slide member and thereby grasp and pull together said keeper plate and said turn member.