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A construction system is described and which includes a first construction element which has at least one passageway which extends therethrough; a fastener body having a first and a second portion, and wherein the first portion of the fastener body is received in the passageway defined by the first

A construction system is described and which includes a first construction element which has at least one passageway which extends therethrough; a fastener body having a first and a second portion, and wherein the first portion of the fastener body is received in the passageway defined by the first construction element; and a locking member having first and second portions which individually matingly cooperate with the respective first and second portions of the fastener body to secure the fastener body to the first construction element.

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I claim: 1. A construction system, comprising: a first and a second construction element each having a first passageway which extends therethrough, and each having a top surface and a bottom surface; a fastener body having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the f

I claim: 1. A construction system, comprising: a first and a second construction element each having a first passageway which extends therethrough, and each having a top surface and a bottom surface; a fastener body having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the fastener body further has a first and a second portion which are disposed in predetermined spaced relation, one relative to the other, and which extend normally outwardly relative to the opposite first and second ends of the support member, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each define a longitudinally extending second passageway, and which each are dimensioned so as to be individually telescopingly received through the top surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective first passageways therein, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a circumscribing groove is located at the first ends, and a partially circumscribing flange is located at the second ends, and wherein the circumscribing flanges matingly engage the respective first and second construction elements; and a locking member having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the locking member further has a first and a second portion which are disposed in predetermined spaced relation one relative to the other, and which extend normally outwardly relative to the opposite first and second ends of the support member, and wherein the first and second portions of the locking member each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a discontinuous flange is located at the second end, and wherein the first and second portions of the locking member are dimensioned to be individually telescoping received through the bottom surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective second passageways defined by the first and second portions of the fastener body, and wherein the discontinuous flange of the first and second portions of the locking member respectively engage the circumscribing grooves of the first and second portions of the fastener body to secure the fastener body to the first and second construction elements. 2. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the support member of the fastener body and locking member are substantial planar, and have a substantially similar length dimension. 3. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the support member of the fastener body, and the locking member are non planar, and have a substantially similar length dimension. 4. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the support member of the fastener body and the locking member are substantially non planar, and have a dissimilar length dimension. 5. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the first and second construction elements are oriented in a fixed orientation one relative to the other. 6. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein one of the first or second construction elements is moveable along a path of travel, one relative to the other. 7. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the first and the second construction elements are moveable along individual paths of travel, one relative to the other. 8. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the fastener body is releasably affixed to the first and second construction elements in the manner of a snap-fit, and wherein the locking member is releasably affixed to the fastener body in the manner of a snap-fit. 9. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein each of the respective first and second portions of locking member have an intermediate portion between the first and second ends, and wherein the outside diametral dimension of the second end is greater than an outside diametral dimension of the intermediate portion, and wherein the second end of each of the first and second portions of the locking member are resiliently deformed so as to pass through the second passageway which is defined by the first and second portions of the fastener body. 10. A construction system as claimed in claim 1, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each have an exterior surface, and wherein a tongue is made integral with at least one of the exterior surfaces of one of the first and second portions of the fastener body and which extends substantially normally outwardly relative thereto. 11. A construction system as claimed in claim 10, and wherein at least one of the respective passageways as defined by the first and second construction elements define an orientation groove which is dimensioned to slideably and matingly receive the tongue, and wherein the tongue substantially fixedly, and angularly orients at least one of the construction elements relative to the fastener body. 12. A construction system as claimed in claim 11, and wherein at least one of the respective passageways as defined by the first and second construction elements define a plurality of orientation grooves and which facilitates the positioning of at least one of the construction elements in a plurality of substantially fixed angular orientations relative to the fastener body. 13. A construction system, comprising: first and second construction elements each with a top surface and a bottom surface, and each having a first passageway formed therein, and which extends therethrough, and wherein each first passageway has at least one orientation groove which communicates with, and extends along, the respective passageways; a fastener body having a resiliently deformable first and second portion and which are individually dimensioned for telescoping, mating receipt through the top surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective first passageways therein, and wherein each of the first and second portions have an exterior facing surface which defines at least one tongue which is dimensioned to matingly cooperate with the at least one orientation groove defined by each of the passageways of the respective first and second construction members, and wherein each portion of the fastener body has an interior facing surface which defines a longitudinally extending second passageway which extends therethrough, and wherein the first and second portion of the fastener body are located in predetermined spaced relation, one relative to the other, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a circumscribing groove is located at the first ends of the first and second portions of the fastener body, and a partially circumscribing flange is located at the second ends of the first and second portions of the fastener body, and wherein the circumscribing flange matingly engages the respective first and second construction elements; a locking member having a resiliently deformable first and second portion and which are individually dimensioned for telescoping mating receipt through the bottom surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective longitudinally extending second passageways that are defined by each of the first and second portions of the fastener body, and wherein each of the first and second portions of the locking member have an exterior facing surface which defines an outside diametral dimension, and a distal end which defines a second outside diametral dimension, and wherein the second outside diametral dimension is greater than the first outside diametral dimension, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body are located in predetermined, spaced relation, one relative to the other, and wherein a discontinuous flange is located at the distal end, and wherein the discontinuous flange of the first and second portions of the locking member respectively engage the circumscribing grooves of the first and second portions of the fastener body so as to releasably attach the first and second construction elements together in a fixed orientation, one relative to the other. 14. A construction system as claimed in claim 13, and wherein first and second portions of the respective fastener body, and locking member each have a length dimension which permits at least two construction elements to be releasably mounted to each of the first and second portions of the respective fastener body and locking member, respectively. 15. A construction system as claimed in claim 13, and wherein the first and second portions of the respective fastener body and locking member are oriented in a predetermined substantially parallel orientation, one relative to the other. 16. A construction system as claimed in claim 13, and wherein the first and second portions of the respective fastener body and locking member are disposed in a non parallel orientation, one relative to the other. 17. A construction system as claimed in claim 13, and further comprising: a third construction element having a passageway formed therein and which extends therethrough, and which has dimensions similar to the passageways defined by the first and second construction elements, and wherein the fastener body has a third portion which has dimensions similar to the first and second portions thereof, and which is telescopingly matingly received within the passageway defined by the third construction element, and wherein the locking member includes a third portion which has dimensions similar to the first and second portions of the locking member, and wherein the third portion of the locking member matingly cooperates with the third portion of the fastener body to fasten the third construction element to the first and second construction elements. 18. A construction system, comprising: a first and a second construction element each with a top surface and a bottom surface, and oriented such that the top surfaces of each construction element are substantially coplanar, and the bottom surfaces of each construction element are substantially coplanar, and wherein each construction element has a first passageway which extends therethrough, and wherein a plurality of spaced ribs extend radially inwardly relative thereto; a fastener body having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the fastener body further has a first and a second portion which are disposed in predetermined spaced relation, one relative to the other, and which extend normally outwardly relative to the opposite first and second ends of the support member, and wherein each of the first and second portions define a longitudinally extending second passageway, and further are dimensioned so as to be telescopingly received through the top surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective first passageways therein, and wherein the first and second portions of the fastener body each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a circumscribing groove is located at the first ends of the first and second portions of the fastener body, and a partially circumscribing flange is located at the second ends of the first and second portions of the fastener body, and wherein the circumscribing flange matingly engages at least one of the plurality of spaced ribs within the first passageway of the first and second construction elements; and a locking member having a support member which has opposite first and second ends, and wherein the locking member further has a first and a second portion which are disposed in predetermined spaced relation one relative to the other, and which extend normally outwardly relative to the opposite first and second ends of the support member, and wherein the first and second portions of the locking member each have a first end, and an opposite second end, and a discontinuous flange is located at the second end, and wherein the first and second portions of the locking member are dimensioned so as to be individually telescopingly received through the bottom surfaces of the first and second construction elements and within the respective second passageways defined by the first and second portions of the fastener body, and which further individually telescopingly and releasably cooperate with the first and second portions of the fastener body, and wherein the discontinuous flange of the first and second portions of the locking member respectively engage the circumscribing grooves of the first and second portions of the fastener body so as to secure the fastener body to the first and second construction elements. 19. A construction system as claimed in claim 18, and wherein the first construction element cannot rotate about the first portion of the fastener body. 20. A construction system as claimed in claim 18, and wherein the first and second construction elements are oriented in a fixed orientation one relative to the other. 21. A construction system as claimed in claim 18, and wherein the first construction element is releasably affixed to the second construction element without rotation of the fastener body or the locking member relative to each other or to the first or second construction elements. 22. A construction system as claimed in claim 18, and wherein the fastener body is releasably affixed to the first and second construction elements in the manner of a snap-fit. 23. A construction system as claimed in claim 21, and wherein the locking member is releasably affixed to fastener body in the manner of a snap-fit.