ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRISYUMT......JDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1620000/01839900EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320071010EP07104829.220070323enenen38850620060324US67549420070215US2007101020074120071003200740B42F 13/00 20060101AFI20070823BHEP deBefestigungssystem für einen RingordnermechanismusenFastening system for a ring binder mechanismfrSystème d'attache pour un mécanisme de reliure à anneaux3CWorld Wide Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited01629192GHS/P508262EP19/F., Koon Wah Mirrors Factory, 3rd Industrial Building, 5-9 Ka Hing Road Kwai Chung,New Territories, Hong KongCNLi, Shan J.3 Peoples Road, Section 26 Han Feng Er Police StationKai Country Chong Qing CityCNNg, Wing Y.Flat D, 27/F., Block 5, Grand Promenade 38 Tai Hong StreetSai Wan Ho, Hong KongCNWong, Ming Hah267 Traffic RoadHuBei Province, P.R.CNSmaggasgale, Gillian Helen00076892W.P. Thompson & Co, 55 Drury LaneLondon WC2B 5SQGBATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMTNLPLPTROSESISKTRALBAHRMKYU20071010200741

A fastening system includes a tubular mounting post (27) engageable with a first structural member (3). The mounting post has an opened first end (27a), a second end (27b), and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining an interior channel. A retainer (53) is held within the interior channel against movement relative thereto and has a central opening sized smaller than the interior channel of the mounting post at the first end of the mounting post. A fastener (55) is engageable with a second structural member (5) and has a shaft (67) sized in cross-section smaller than the interior channel of the mounting post (27) at least at the first end thereof and larger than the central opening of the retainer such that upon insertion of the shaft into the central opening of the retainer the retainer fastenably secures the fastener to the mounting post to thereby fasten the second structural member to the first structural member.