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Abstract

A fastening apparatus for fastening to a spherical stud affixed to a workpiece, the fastening apparatus removable from the stud with an unlatching tool, and the fastening apparatus comprises: an inner sleeve, which can splay out in the radial direction and can be slid over the stud; an outer sleeve axially slidable over the inner sleeve into a fastening position; and a latching device for releasably joining the outer sleeve to the inner sleeve in the fastening position, the latching device including a latching tongue which engages a latching shoulder in the fastening position, thus forming a latched connection; and wherein the fastening apparatus further comprises a tool access for insertion of the unlatching tool operable to disengage the latching tongue from the latching shoulder.

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