Abstract: A clip includes a female member having a cylindrical body having a hole with an expanded engaging portion around an inner surface at an upper end opening of the hole, spreadable legs formed by dividing a lower end portion of the body, and a flange extending outward from a peripheral surface at an upper end portion of the body, and a male member that is inserted into the female member, the male member comprising a head portion, a shaft vertically descending from an underside of the head portion, and an engaging recess formed around a periphery of a lower end of the shaft that can receive the expanded engaging portion of the female member to maintain the male and female members in a provisionally assembled state.

Abstract: A releasable push-in fastener assembly for joining a first component to a panel comprises a pair of spaced latch legs extending from the first component for engagement in an opening in the panel. An axially elongated pin is adapted to extend into the space between the legs from an opening in the first component to maintain the legs in their latched relationship with the opening in the panel. A shroud is carried by the outer end of the pin to enclose a portion of the first component to present a pleasing appearance and conceal the presence of the pin.

Abstract: A fastening member for fastening a net to a tubular post has, on the one hand, a holder portion (2) for fixedly retaining the net and, on the other hand, an anchorage portion (1) for fixedly retaining the fastening member in the post. The anchorage portion (1) extends in through a hole in the wall of the post and is provided with barbs (7,9) which snap in place in the fastening member. The anchorage portion (1) has a longitudinal passage (4) in communication with an accommodation space (3) in the holder portion (2). The passage (4) has a funnel-shaped flared mouth portion (5) to facilitate insertion of a wire included in the net in the accommodation space (3). On insertion of the wire, the passage (4) is flared in that the wall (12,13) of the holder portion (2) facing away from the passage (4) is resiliently bendable.

Abstract: A rivet made of plastic material for securing a plate-like workpiece to a support assembly with an approximately plane surface comprises a shank having a hollow axial passage and at least two axially parallel slots open towards the free end of the shank, the shank portions formed thereby comprising at the outer sides thereof ramp-like portions projecting obliquely outwardly and downwardly, with the axial passage tapering towards the free end of the shank, a first plate-shaped flange at the other end of the shank, the flange having at its under-surface an annular relatively sharp sealing edge engaging the surface of the support assembly when the shank is inserted into an opening of the support assembly, a second plate-shaped flange upon the side of the first flange opposite to the shank and axially spaced thereform, and an expansion member having an annular sealing rib at its upper end, the annular sealing rib being sealingly engaged with the axial passage, when the expansion member is driven into the passage.

Abstract: A rivet type fastener assembly that is especially suited for joining components to vehicle bodies and panels includes resilient legs that extend from the component and through an opening in the panel. An axially elongated pin extends through a hole in the component to a position between the legs. The pin has an enlarged body joined to a head by a reduced size connecting body portion. A retention latch is provided for retaining the pin in selected positions in the hole including a first position where the enlarged body portion is in the space between the legs to prevent movement of the legs laterally toward one another and a second position wherein the relatively smaller intermediate portion is in the space between the legs to permit the legs to be moved laterally toward one another for disconnecting the component from the panel.

Abstract: A locking device is provided for securing a first cabinet panel member having an opening therein to a second cabinet panel member having an opening therein. The locking device includes a base flange, an upper body portion, and a lower body portion. The lower body portion is inserted into the opening in the second cabinet panel member and a plurality of spring legs engage the second cabinet panel member to lock the two together. The first cabinet panel member is moved toward the upper portion of the locking device until the upper portion of the locking device is within the opening in the first cabinet panel member. A catch pawl retentively engages the first cabinet panel member in that position. The base flange of the locking device separates the upper and lower body members from one another and isolates the first cabinet panel member from the second cabinet panel member.

Abstract: An anchor for suspending objects to a wall or ceiling is provided having a plunger held in position adjacent to a chamber, the plunger being inserted through the chamber where the plunger engages a plurality of wings, the wings thereby flare outward to secure the anchor within the support structure.

Abstract: The anchoring system includes a generally cylindrical anchor having first and second longitudinal portions. The first longitudinal portion includes a female threaded interior cylindrical chamber. The second longitudinal portion includes a lower chamber having a bore smaller than the threaded chamber. A pair of radial slots extends longitudinally through the second portion of the anchor. An elongated pin, having a length which does not exceed the second longitudinal portion of the anchor,is driven into the lower cylindrical chamber of the anchor. The pin expands the outer cross sectional dimension of the lower portion of the anchor. A male threaded screw completes the anchoring system. The threaded surface of the screw is complementary to the female threaded interior chamber.

Abstract: A clip comprising a female member and a male member, with the female member having a plurality of resilient divisions, with the end of each division pressing radially inwardly, and in which the male member has a head portion that radially outwardly flexes said divisions, a small diameter portion integrally associated to the rear of the head portion that does not radially outwardly flex the divisions, and a large diameter portion integrally associated to the rear of the small diameter portion that can engage with the ends of the divisions to thereby hold the divisions in a radially outwardly flexed state, and the small diameter portion is also provided with ribs which can be received in the dividing slits used to form the divisions in the female member.

Abstract: In a push rivet consisting of a grommet part and a pin part so that two panel members may be joined together first by passing the grommet part through an opening passed through these panel members, and forcing the pin part into a central bore of the grommet part to radially expand the free end of the grommet part, because the head of the pin part is provided with an outer profile which conforms to an outer profile of a part of the flange surrounding the pin head when the pin part is completely forced into the central bore, the fastener presents a smooth appearance which is pleasing to the eyes, and the pin part is prevented from being inadvertently pulled out of the grommet part even when an external object is struck against the pin head. However, a gap is defined between the pin head and the surrounding part of the grommet part so that the push rivet can be readily unfastened by fitting a pointed end of a tool into the gap, and pulling the pin part out of the central bore by using the tool as a lever.

Abstract: A sun visor holder for supporting a supporting bar of a sun visor includes a main body and a plug member formed on the main body and insertable into a mounting opening formed on an automobile body. The plug member has a slit for vertically splitting same and has a through bore into which a fastening member is received. The through bore includes a tapered surface extending along the slit. The plug member is flared by virtue of the slit so as to be held in the mounting opening when the fastening member is inserted into the through bore of the plug member fitted to the mounting opening formed on the automobile body, whereby the main body is fixed to the automobile body.

Abstract: In a fastener for securing a weather strip to an automotive body panel provided with a cap portion for retaining the weather strip, a stem portion extending from the cap portion and adapted to be fitted into a through hole provided in the body panel, a radial flange provided in the stem portion adjacent the cap portion for abutting the outer surface of the body panel, and a plurality of engagement claws projecting radially from the stem portion for securing the stem portion in the through hole of the body panel, to reduce the force required for securing the fastener and facilitate the use of the fastener without compromising the fastening capability of the fastener, the stem portion has a substantially hollow cross section, and is provided with four axial slits at 90 degree interval. Thus, the separated parts of the stem portion are given with a sufficient yieldability without being affected by the rigidity of the radial flange, and the work of mounting the fastener is facilitated.

Abstract: A pin bushing having a body portion including a head member, a shank member and a tapered axial bore extending therethrough. First and second substantially perpendicular lateral slots extend through the body portion where the first slot enables insertion and initial retention of the shank within an aperture in an article and the second slot enables a pin to be releasably retained within the shank to lock the bushing within the aperture.

Abstract: A rivet fastener which can be readily and repeatedly removed and reinstalled including a rivet body and a drive pin where the drive pin can be inserted within the rivet body so as to retain the fastener within an article and upon further insertion of the drive pin the fastener is released from an article where the drive pin does not protrude from the back side of the rivet body either during fastening or removal thereof.

Abstract: A two-part fastening clip made of a hard-elastic plastic material for fastening a piece of molding to a panel. The device includes an upper part having a cover plate, with the molding being secured to one side of the cover plate, a stopper element that extends perpendicularly out from an opposite side of the cover plate in a direction away from the molding and a bulge on its free end that tapers conically in both its axial directions. The device also includes a lower part that can be anchored in a hole in the panel and has a socket casing having a through opening therein for receipt of the stopper element of the upper part and a constricted edge in the opening behind which the bulge of the stopper engages to lock the two parts together.

Abstract: A two stage rivet made up of a pin which can be pushed into a grommet. The pin has an enlarged central portion in which an annular groove is defined and recesses on either side of this enlarged portion. The recesses have a stepped configuration and the latches on the grommet have matched stepped surfaces.

Abstract: A plastic door lock comprises opposed flat inner and outer cover plates (1,1') each recessed to house slidable drag units (3,3'), and a core unit (2) located between the cover plates (1,1') housing a latch unit (4) which, on sliding movement of the drag units (3,3'), can be moved between a closed position and an open position. A limit switch (25) housed in the inner cover plate (1') can be pivoted between an unlocked position permitting movement of both the inner and outer drag units (3,3') to actuate the latch unit (4), and a locked position preventing movement of the outer drag unit (3) but being such that, on movement of the inner drag unit (3'), the limit switch (25) is returned to its unlocked position to enable actuation of the latch unit (4) from inside the door. The components of the lock are moulded from a plastics material.

Abstract: Improvements in the manufacture of a base for furniture legs comprising a tubular body and a rounded head closing one of its ends, characterized in that in the moulding stage of the base itself are formed a passage which traverses said head and a stem, extending inwards and outwards from said head, that tends externally in a disk or plate, for support over the floor surface, said stem being joined to the base by means of a thin wall that is easily broken to render the base operational.Such a base offers a large contact surface with the floor, combining its support function with that of stabilization. The improvements in the manufacture allow to obtain in a single moulding operation the base body and its articulated support piece, in such a way that they stay united until they are installed on a furniture leg.

Abstract: A fastener including a body portion having a head member and a shank member integrally formed with one side of the head member, the head member including a central aperture and at least one flexible engagement member intergrally formed with the head member opposite the shank member and extending intothe aperture a predetermined distance, the shank member including at least two substantially resilient leg member each having a conically shaped interior surface which oppose each other forming a tapered axial bore through the shank member tapering away from and in cooperative alignment with the aperture and a drive pin having a predetermined length and cross-sectional configuration for complementary engagement with the aperture, flexible engagement member, axial bore and leg members, the drive pin icluding at least a first concave longitudinal channel formed along its length and extending into the drive pin which includes at least a first lateral ramp member extending across the width of the first channel for coo

Abstract: A nut fastener device for a blind hole anchor (FIG. 2) has the nut 14 made frusto-conical with the smallest diameter knurled at 30 and with the largest diameter provided with relieved and back tapered flanks 20. The nut is made integral with a sleeve 10 having flange 12 and a further knurled zone 32, and a sheer zone 16 between the sleeve and nut. During the installation the nut is pulled into the sleeve to expand the sleeve and deform it to the cross sectional shape of the nut so as to provide an angular fix. The sleeve is effectively fixed to the sheet material by the flange on the one side and the deformation of the sleeve on the other side of the sheet. The knurled bands which become axially aligned increase the angular hold of the device in the sheet and of the nut in the sleeve.

Abstract: A rock anchor adapted to be mounted in a bore opening at a rock face has a sleeve extending along a sleeve axis and having a body extending along an axis and having an inner end remote from the rock face and an inside surface and an outer end formed with a large-diameter head adapted to lie against the rock face. A wedge in the sleeve at the inner end has a flank extending at an acute angle to the axis. This wedge is fixed in the sleeve against axial movement therein. A drive pin engageable axially in the sleeve has a point engageable between the wedge flank and the inside surface of the sleeve so that when the sleeve is forcibly driven axially into the sleeve its point engages between the flank and the inside surface and plastically deforms the inside surface outward into tight engagement with the rock.

Abstract: An apparatus to be inserted into a bore formed in a structure, includes a sleeve having an aperture. A rod is designed to be inserted into the aperture. A coupling maintains the rod substantially in axial alignment with the aperture prior to insertion of the sleeve into the bore. A recess, which is adapted to interfit with the rod, is disposed in the coupling to maintain the axial alignment. The coupling will not interfere with the insertion of the rod into the aperture. This insertion will cause the sleeve to be expanded into contact with a side of the bore.

Abstract: A barrier for use with a rod extending into a bore having a cross sectional dimension, formed in a structure. The barrier is located on one side of a fluid supply in the bore. The barrier includes a sealing portion adjacent the fluid supply, the sealing portion has a flexible flange in sealing contact with the bore. A tube is connected to the sealing portion and has a rod passageway formed there through. A diameter of the tubular portion is smaller than the cross sectional dimension prior to insertion of the rod, and expands to conform to the cross sectional dimension in response to insertion of the rod. A rupture portion is connected to the tubular portion, and seals the rod passageway to limit a passage of fluid therethrough prior to insertion of the rod. The rupture portion is adapted to rupture in response to penetration by the rod. The barrier may be used in conjunction with a dynamic earth anchor, to prevent passage of the grout to between the anchor and the bore.

Abstract: An improved corner guard assembly is provided for use in attaching suspension cords to the edgefold surface of a bonded nonwoven polyolefin film-fibril banner. The corner guard assembly comprises a pair of isosceles triangular plates, namely a front plate and a back plate. The two plates clamp a corner of the banner and are secured to each other by projections on the back plate which engage corresponding receptacles in the front plate. The projections have a generally tubular configuration in order to receive a detachably mounted locking peg for prohibiting relative movement of the projections in the receptacles. The improvement comprises mounting the locking pegs on the front plate so that they extend partly into the cavity defined by the receptacles. During use, the pegs can be driven into the projections without danger of bending or breaking.

Abstract: A screw rivet includes a screw and a grommet. The grommet has internal steps for meshing with external threads of the screw. The internal steps are formed on the inner periphery of an expansible portion of a leg of the grommet split by axial slits, and have a staircase-like sectional profile.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a coupler which is realized in the form of an integral unit made of an elastic synthetic resin material which is free from any risk of losing any of its components and can be temporarily but securely held in aligned bores of the plaques it is going to couple once it is introduced into the bores so that the plug body of the coupler may be pushed into the socket body with ease. Moreover, since the socket body of the coupler firmly held in the bores of the plaques to be coupled and the plug body pushed into said socket body are connected with each other by means of a pair of thin support members to form an integral coupler unit, said plug body can be pushed into said socket body with a relatively small force to securely rigidly couple the plaques. As there are no parts of the unit which are prone to damage, it is good for repeated use.

Abstract: A standoff retainer is provided for effecting the securing of two panels to each other in spaced planar facing relationship. The retainer lockingly engages a push pin after being received in snap-fit relationship by one of the panels. Ribs on the retainer space the panels, and a funnel surface on the retainer facilitates engagement with the push pin.

Abstract: A fastening pin, or peg is partially inserted into an aligned aperture and attached thereto by a webbed flashing. In a one-step assembly operation, the pin is driven further into the aperture as the flashing is broken and driven through an aligned aperture of a second component.

Abstract: An assist strap is installed by rotating an assist strap handle to drive a mandrel, in the base of the assist strap, into a projection in a service on which the assist strap is mounted. An apparatus for mounting an assist strap in a motor vehicle includes projecting fastening means extending from the base of the assist strap and a mandrel mounted to slide between a first position disengaged from the fastening means and a second position wherein the mandrel engages the fastening means to limit the movement of the fastening means thereby locking the fastening means to the vehicle body structure. A handle may be mounted to the base for pivotal movement such that applying a force to the handle drives the mandrel from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A fastening element particularly adapted for use in conjunction with a mandrel for opening the expandable sleeve of the fastening element into secure relationship with a wall having a hole into which the fastening element is inserted. The sleeve is designed to provide a radial channel for enveloping the plate member adjacent the hole. The mandrel becomes a part of the fastener and offers good resistance to shear forces and also provides the means for removing the fastening element as well as fixing it to the object to be fastened.

Abstract: A plug for the bearing of an autohoist arm on a motor-vehicle body comprises an elastic receiving part secured in a receiving orifice and a dimensionally stable spacer piece located in front of and clipped securely to the receiving part. A common passage bore is provided in the receiving part for receiving a retention peg which secures both the receiving parts and the spacer piece in the receiving orifice by nose-shaped forms at its ends. The position of the retention peg is fixed by a locking pin.

Abstract: A fastener includes a female body and male body. By forcibly inserting the male body into a male body insertion hole of the female body, the two bodies are temporarily coupled together. By further inserting the male body into the female body from this state, leg portions of the female body are caused to flare outwardly so that overlapped plates are fastened together between the flared leg portions and a head portion of the female body. By further inserting the male body into the female body from this state, the leg portions are released from the flared state, so that the plates can be unfastened. When and only when the leg portions are inserted through a hole of a plate to be fastened by means of the fastener disposed in the temporarily coupled state, can the male body be further inserted within the female body so as to fasten the two plates to each other.

Abstract: A vibration resistant fixing or securing means, for fastening or securing a first member to a second member, comprises a resilient bush gripping one of the said members and having a fastening stud, carried by the other of the said members, extending through it. The fastening stud and the said first member are so shaped as together to constitute a compression stud assembly comprising a male part and a female part, which are adapted to be locked together and to extend through an opening formed in the second member and resilient bush, the latter comprising a boss having one free end portion with a radially projecting portion at its other end, and the compression stud assembly including a shoulder and a flared portion, which cooperate to maintain the free end portion and radially projecting portion of the bush respectively in gripping contact with edges of the opening in the second member.

Abstract: A coupler for coupling together plates includes a male member having a head and a pin-like portion having male threads and depending from the lower surface of the head and a female member having a flange facing the head of the male member, a leg portion depending from the lower end of the flange and a bore extending from the upper surface of the flange into the leg portion and capable of receiving the pin-like portion of the male member. An upper portion of the inner periphery of the bore is provided with a helical ridge.

Abstract: A fastener includes a cylindrical outer member and an insertion member. The cylindrical outer member has a cylindrical portion with an axial bore, and a flange portion provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion tapers toward the other end thereof and includes a plurality of arially extending notches, a plurality of inner projections formed upon inner surfaces of the end portion, and elastically deformable locking pieces projecting obliquely outwardly from an intermediate portion thereof toward the flange portion. The insertion member has a large-diameter portion for disposition within the axial bore of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is expanded radially outwardly by inserting the insertion member into the axial bore of the cylindrical outer member from the flange portion end thereof and by bringing the large-diameter portion into engagement with the inner projections of the cylindrical portion of the insertion member.

Abstract: An expansion fastener includes a fastener body which has a pair of integral axial anchoring sections. An expander pin is drivable into a throat of the fastener body to force apart the anchoring sections.

Abstract: A re-usable plastic drive rivet is of the type comprising an axially extending shank in association with an axially extending drive pin which is axially drivable into a bore extending axially through the shank. In order to permit release of the entire drive rivet by means of an unscrewing operation, without damaging the workpieces to which the drive rivet is secured, the outer surface of the shank has a thread formation thereon with the outer surface of the drive pin having a non-cylindrical outline complementary to a similar non-cylindrical peripheral outline of the interior wall of the bore. The non-cylindrical outlines can be substantially cylindrical apart from inter-engagable axial ribs and grooves. The shank can be integrally formed with the drive pin through means of frangible connections, but alternatively the shank can be preassembled with the drive pin by inserting the drive pin into the bore through the shank.

Abstract: A two piece rivet having a deflectable drive pin for retaining the drive pin in a partially inserted position between the expandable prongs of the rivet is disclosed. The deflectable drive pin includes a hole forming two parallel resiliently deflectable segments each having a radial nib resiliently urged against the head of the rivet in a central drive pin hole. Retention of the drive pin in the fully inserted position between the prongs is effected by a pair of spaced apart circumferential interrupted grooves on the pin receiving projections on inner surfaces of the rivet prongs.

Abstract: A fastener made of synthetic resin is molded such that a leg portion of an insertion pin is integrally formed midway of its length with a wide diameter portion for widening a bush, and the bush is fitted on a part of the leg portion under the wide diameter portion. The leg portion is provided with two, axially separated engagement notches for engagement with a lower end inner diameter portion of the bush whereby the insertion pin is initially held at a first pre-assembled position within the bush and a second, final-assembled position within the bush.

Abstract: A clip assembly for attachment to a flexible gasket which has at least one opening therethrough, the assembly imparting sufficient rigidity to the gasket for convenient transportation and handling. The assembly consists of two plate members extending in overlaying relation with one another and with the gasket, one member having an expandable protrusion easily slid into the gasket opening and the other member having a projecting pin which produces expansion of the protrusion to thereby secure the gasket to the assembly.

Abstract: An attachment block structure for connection through a preformed opening in a first workpiece to provide a fastener receiving surface to permit attachment of a second workpiece to the first workpiece comprises a first plastic member having a plurality of resilient legs depending from a radially extending flange. Latch elements are carried by the legs for retaining the first member in the preformed opening. The flange has a central passageway and a radial extent greater than the preformed opening to define a limit for movement of the first member into the preformed opening. A second plastic member is associated with the first member and has a body with an exterior surface sized to be closely received in the passageway of the first member to prevent radially inward deflection of the legs when the second member is inserted in the passageway.

Abstract: A tubular fastener has an axially extending tubular shank receivable in a work bore, and an annular head receivable in forcible engagement with the work material forming a counterbore, and the fastener is further characterized by:(a) the head having an annular end face, a first section located forwardly of the end face and having an outer annular surface to be urged in a radially outward direction to forcibly engage the work counterbore, and a second forwardly tapered section located forwardly of the first section,(b) a pin extending within the tubular shank, and a stem connected to the pin and extending endwise therefrom and from the tubular fastener,(c) structure responsive to displacement of the pin toward the head end of the fastener to expand the fastener shank at the opposite end of the fastener and axially retain the fastener in position with the head first section forcibly engaging the counterbore.

Abstract: The display plate includes a frame member having a rectangular flat portion provided with at least one opening shaped to accommodate a largest number of the plurality of light-emitting elements and a first and a second major surfaces which face each other, at least one pair of paired tongues protruding from the second major surface of the flat portion to face each other at a spacing and provided with at least two pairs of aligned openings, and at least two columnar lugs each being integrally fixed to one of the tongues in each pair in the at least one pair of paired tongues by a thin webbing. The frame member is made of a plastic. A thin designation card is fit on the first major surface of the flat portion of the frame member and formed with a plurality of openings which are associated in position with the light-emitting elements.

Abstract: A bicycle chain hanger comprises a unitary member molded from a polymeric material and including a disc-like base portion having a concavely curved internal surface adapted to bear against the wall of the seat stay and a generally L-shaped hook portion extending outwardly from the base portion and adapted to accept and hold an element of the chain in hooked relation. Two pins, driven with a force fit through each of two holes and through corresponding split sleeves that extend through holes in the seat stay tube into the space within the tube walls, deflect portions of the split sleeve out into interfering relation with the walls and edges of the tube holes and thereby retain the member on the seat stay.

Abstract: A cable guide for affixing a cable or the like to a tube of a bicycle frame comprises a body including at least one base portion adapted to seat on the frame member and having at least one hole, a ferrule portion extending up from the base portion and adapted to receive the cable, and a split sleeve portion extending down from the base portion in alignment with the hole and adapted to extend through a hole in the frame tube. A mandrel is received through the hole in the base portion, extends through the split sleeve and expands the legs of the sleeve outwardly into tight engagement with the wall of the hole in the tube and expands the ends of the sleeve outwardly within the tube, whereby the expanded and extended split sleeve retains the guide on the frame tube.

Abstract: A protective/decorative liner panel is mounted on a sheet metal support panel by molded plastic fasteners which allow the liner panel to be subsequently detached and reattached. Each fastener comprises a pin which is initially joined to a hollow grommet by a frangible web which aligns the pin shank with a bore in the grommet. The pin head is manually and twistably engageable with an installation hole in the liner panel and then the grommet is axially engaged with an installation hole in the support panel as the liner panel is moved toward the support panel. A hammer blow on the pin head fractures the web, forces the pin shank into the bore and moves the liner panel to its mounted position relative to the support panel. Serrations on the pin shank frictionally engage the bore wall to hold the pin and its attached liner panel in mounted position.

Abstract: A plastic rivet consisting of rivet body comprised of a flanged head and a leg member extending from the bottom of the head, the rivet body having an axial hole extending through its entire length, and a pin which when inserted into the through-hole, expands the leg member. The leg member of the rivet body is provided with a movable leg which is deflected outward when the pin is inserted into the through-hole of the rivet body so as, for example, to catch and hold a pair of plates through which the rivet body has been passed between the head of the rivet body and the deflected movable leg. Pushing the pin further into the rivet body causes the deflected movable leg to return to its normal position, whereby the fastening action of the rivet is released.

Abstract: In a blind fastener comprising a nut with an axial bore therethrough and a bolt having a stem extending through said nut, the improvement comprising said bolt stem having an altered thread section adjacent to the bolt head which upon the setting of said fastener is adapted to interfere with the threading of said nut onto said bolt so that the torsional resistance thereto is substantially increased compared to the axial resistance during the completion of said fastener setting.

Abstract: A wire clamping clip for mounting on a stucco wall is constructed as a block member having a workpiece engaging surface and an exposed top surface. A recess is formed in the workpiece engaging surface for receiving a wire. A throughbore is formed in the block adjacent to the recess and a plastic bushing having a cross sectional dimension of the same shape and slightly smaller than the cross sectional dimension of the throughbore is positioned in the throughbore. A hardened pin with a sharpened end is slidingly received in a tight frictional engagement through the center of the plastic bushing and has an enlarged head for abutting against the top end of said bushing and having a length longer than said bushing so that its sharpened end extends beyond the lower end of said bushing.

Abstract: A fastener, comprising an expander part having a saucer-shaped head and a shank extending from the head and formed with a male thread thereon, and a fastener part having a flange and opposite stem portions branched from the back of the flange and connecting through hinge portions to guide portions which join each other at the other ends thereof, the expander part and fastener part each being made of a resin, the fastener part having a circular bore extending from the flange to the stem portions to permit the expander part to be inserted in and temporarily retained in the stem portions, the circular bore having therein opposite bulges positioned ahead of the hinge portions to spread the stem portions outward away from each other when the expander part is pushed.