Quick fastening and/or connection system

Abstract

A quick connection and/or fastening system suited to mutually connect and disconnect a first and a second element is disclosed, the system including a first and a second component that are suited to be rigidly fixed to the first and second elements, respectively, the first component and the second component being also suited to be mutually connected and disconnected, the second component being suited to house an end portion of the first component in such a way as to allow its translation inside the second component, the second component comprising also counteracting elements suited to counteract the translation of the end portion of the first component towards the outside of the second component.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A system comprising
 a first component ( 10 ) having a first end and a second end distal from the first end;   a second component ( 20 ) having a first seat and a second seat transverse to the first seat; and   a release component (Pi) slideably engaged with the second seat,   wherein   the first component is slideably engaged with the first seat and extends beyond the second component;   the second component ( 20 ) further comprises:   (a) an inner space ( 26 ) in communication with the first seat and the second seat,   (b) a rotatable element ( 24 ) located in the inner space ( 26 ) having a size which is capable of engaging in translatable rotatable contact with the second end of the first component ( 10 ) and the release component (Pi),   (c) a first compressible spring ( 23 ) having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first compressible spring ( 23 ) is engaged with the second component ( 20 ) and the second end of the first compressible spring is engaged with the rotatable element ( 24 ) for applying pressure against the rotatable element ( 24 ) in a translation direction toward the second end of the first component, and   (d) a second compressible spring (E) engaged with the second end of the first component ( 10 ) and the second component ( 20 ) for applying outward pressure between the first component ( 10 ) and the second component ( 20 ), and   the release component (Pi) further comprises a groove comprising an inclined and/or tapered surface ( 21 ) facing the rotatable element ( 24 ) flanked by a first counteracting surface (Sc 1 ) and/or a second counteracting surface (Sc 2 ),   wherein   (a) the inclined and/or tapered surface ( 21 ) has a gap between the inclined and/or tapered surface and the second end of the first component, wherein the gap gradually decreases from a maximum gap to a minimum gap in a direction from the first end of the first component ( 10 ) to the second end of the first component ( 10 ), wherein the maximum gap is greater than the size of the rotatable element ( 24 ) and the minimum gap is less than the size of the rotatable element ( 24 ), and   (b) the first counteracting surface (Sc 1 ) and/or second counteracting surface (Sc 2 ) face(s) the inner space ( 26 ) and the rotatable element ( 24 ) at an oblique angle relative to the translation direction, wherein the first counteracting surface (Sc 1 ) and/or second counteracting surface (Sc 2 ) is/are capable of applying a force on the rotatable element ( 24 ) to compress the first compressible spring for releasing the first component ( 10 ) when the release component (Pi) is displaced within the seat from a first position to a second position.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein both the first counteracting surface (Sc 1 ) and the second counteracting surface (Sc 2 ) are present in the release component (Pi). 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the release component (Pi) comprises a knob for displacing the release component (Pi) relative to the second component ( 20 ). 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the release component (Pi) comprises a knob for displacing the release component (Pi) relative to the second component ( 20 ), wherein displacement of the knob either toward or away from the second component ( 20 ) is capable of releasing the first component ( 10 ). 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first end of the first component ( 10 ) extends beyond the second component ( 20 ). 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 5 , wherein the system further comprises a latch (St), wherein the latch (St) is capable of engaging with the first end of the first component ( 10 ).