A mechanical fastener assembly is provided for joining two or more workpieces. The assembly includes a mechanical fastener and a slotted insert. The mechanical fastener has a shaft received within aligned bores of the workpieces. The slotted insert surrounds at least a portion of the shaft and has a body portion received within the aligned bores, while an enlarged head portion of the slotted insert is positioned outside of the bores. The mechanical fastener assembly may further include a retaining sleeve when the bores of the workpieces have different diameters. In such case, a midsection of the retaining sleeve is at least partially received within the bore having the smaller diameter, while an enlarged end section of the retaining sleeve is at least partially received within the bore having the greater diameter. The retaining sleeve may be used in combination with or independently of the slotted insert.

In one aspect, a support bracket is disclosed that includes a mounting bracket, a prong mount, and an accessory. The mounting bracket has a body to support the accessory. The prong mount has a prong and a connector. The prong is to extend through a wall to engage a backside of the wall to secure the prong mount to the wall. The connector is securable to the mounting bracket to couple the prong mount to the mounting bracket. The accessory has an attachment base configured to receive at least a portion of the body of the mounting bracket to mount the accessory to the mounting bracket.

A cylindrical guiding sleeve comprising an exterior surface configured to engage with a receiving part when the cylindrical sleeve is inserted into the receiving part; a hollow interior configured to receive a bolt shaft; an opening at a tapered end, wherein the opening is smaller than the hollow interior and wherein a shape of the opening is configured to limit movement of the tapered end around the bolt shaft such that the tapered end is substantially centered around a center of the bolt shaft.

A rail attachment for supporting a support rail includes two rail brackets engaging with and securing the support rail therebetween, a connector securing the two rail brackets to one another and including an attachment unit suspending the rail brackets and support rail, each the rail bracket including a support section engaging and secured to the support rail and each bracket further including a first connection section extending over the support rail, an intermediate region and a distal region whereby the distal region is spaced from the support section by the intermediate section and wherein the distal region is of a greater length than the intermediate region as considered in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the intermediate region spaces the distal region from the support section, and the connector including a second connection section securing the distal regions of the rail engagement brackets relative to one another.

The invention relates to a fastening element for a component, in particular for integration into a vehicle or a piece of furniture, a panel element with such a fastening element, a component with such a fastening element, a vehicle with such a panel element and/or component, and a method for producing a panel element and a component, wherein the fastening element comprises a partially cylindrical body, a projection extending from the body in the radial direction, at least one first spreading element, which is designed to spread outwards radially from the body, and a fastening means guide, formed in the body, which is designed to receive a fastening means therein and guide it through a passage which is arranged in the body and is connected to the fastening means guide.

A channel having a base portion, an open central region, and an integral pair of sidewalls. The integral pair of sidewalls having an upper portion of each sidewall that includes an inward-facing downturned internal flange and an outward-facing upturned external flange.