Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 11/08

20080292421 - Self-drilling wall anchor device: A wall anchor device includes an outer anchor sleeve having an outer peripheral lip, one or more peripheral flanges extended outwardly from the middle portion for engaging with a work piece, an insert engageable into the outer anchor sleeve and having an outer end for being driven by a tool,... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080292422 - Self-drilling wall anchor device: A wall anchor device includes an outer anchor sleeve having an outer peripheral lip, one or more peripheral flanges extended outwardly from the middle portion for engaging with a wall member, an insert engageable into the outer anchor sleeve, and a penetrating element attached to the insert to drill the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080292423 - Self-drilling wall anchor device: A wall anchor device includes an outer anchor sleeve having an outer peripheral lip, one or more peripheral flanges extended outwardly from the middle portion for engaging with a work piece, an insert engageable into the outer anchor sleeve and having an outer end for being driven by a tool,... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080292424 - Profile rail: A profile rail has a face and is formed with a longitudinally extending channel open at the face and with longitudinally extending stabilizing formations on the face flanking the channel. The channel has confronting ribbed flanks. A stabilizing element has a face engageable with the face of the rail and... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080292425 - Threaded insert for receiving a threaded fastener in a composite panel: A threaded insert for use in a composite and/or honey-comb matrix has a nut member disposed within a plastic housing. The threads of the nut member have a free running thread section and a thread lock section. When a fastener is made up into the nut member, a surface on... Agent: Charlette M. Crissman Second Floor

20080292426 - Fastening device having a retention element and method of manufacture: A fastening device such as a rivet collar that includes a retention element is disclosed. The retention element enhances the retention of a fastener within the fastening device by frictionally engaging the fastener. The retention element comprises a heat resistant base polymer, such as a reactive hot melt, an ethylene... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080292427 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly includes a bolt having first and second ends and comprising a bolt head at the first end, a first shank portion having a smooth circumferential surface of a first diameter and a second shank portion coaxial with the first shank portion and of a second diameter smaller... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080292428 - License plate fastener: A two-piece, decorative fastener assembly for securing a license plate to a vehicle. The decorative fastener uniquely includes a threaded fastener for securing the license plate to the vehicle and a decorative cover that can be quickly and easily connected directly to the head portion of the threaded fastener.... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20080292429 - Thread-forming screw: A thread-forming screw includes a screw end, a shank, and a thread-free head, wherein the shank is provided at least partly with a thread and has a pre-forming region, an intermediate region, which is arranged to follow the pre-forming region, and an anchoring region, which is arranged so as to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080286065 - Undercut anchor: The invention relates to an undercut anchor (10) comprising an anchor shaft (12) and a non-circular, for example triangular, anchor head (16). Said undercut anchor (10) is to be anchored in a borehole which is produced by ultrasound boring, has a cross-section matching that of the anchor head (16), and... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080286066 - Push nut: A push nut comprises legs (6, 7), each of which is configured with outer struts (5), inner struts (17) spacedly disposed between the outer struts (5), and a tongue (19) lying between the inner struts (17) and projecting into an inner space (16) and intended to bear against a shank... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080286067 - Automobile body accessory fastener: A fastener for mounting an automobile body accessory to an automobile body. The fastener includes a doghouse formed in the accessory. The doghouse includes a first wall having a slot formed therein forming two opposing slot faces. A second wall extends transversely from the first wall at an intersection. A... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20080286068 - Rotary part mounting mechanism: The present invention proposes a mounting mechanism where a rotary part can be easily and assuredly mounted to a mounting plate; and the mounting mechanism has a supporting part composed of an annular plate having a circular center hole, and a support cylinder that projects concentrically with the circular center... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080286069 - Screwed connection: A screwed connection has a threaded bolt; a nut; a washer arranged between the nut and a surface of a component to be clamped; a screwing device with a housing, a holding tool connected to the housing, and a tightening tool that engages positively the nut; a measuring element arranged... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080286070 - Probe device for the docking station: The invented probe device comprises a base and a probe. The probe comprises a cap and an elastic member. The elastic member provides a force to push the cap ourwardly. The cap has a cylinder and a substantially slope peripheral at the top of the cylinder. The probe may further... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080286071 - Fastener with interchangeable decorative elements: In some embodiments, a decorative fastener assembly is provided having a fastener with a receiving chamber. A decorative member having a minor shaft is insertable into the receiving chamber for attaching the decorative member to the fastener. The minor shaft can be threaded.... Agent: Dwc Law Firm, P.s.

20080286072 - Screw: The invention concerns a screw, in particular a self-tapping screw, with a screw thread which reaches to the front end of the screw formed as a drilling tip. In the front area, starting with a distance from the front end of the screw, there is an opposite thread showing the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080286073 - Hybrid contoured load-spreading washer: A hybrid contoured load-spreading washer is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the washer includes a washer body having a composite layer and a metal layer bonded to the composite layer and a fastener opening extending through the washer body. A floor beam seat track attachment assembly and a method of... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080279650 - Device for fastening an attachment to a support page: A device for fastening an attachment (4) to a support part (18) is provided with a bearing part (1) that can be connected to the attachment (4) via connecting means (2); with a rivet pin (8) seated in a rivet aperture (7) of the bearing part (1) displaceably between a... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080279651 - Captive fastener with unique engaging and locking mechanism: A captive fastener generally comprising a receptacle, a bayonet assembly, and a locking assembly for locking the bayonet assembly to the receptacle. The receptacle extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a pair of parallel extending spiral raceways formed in the inner surface of a central opening that extends therethrough,... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080279652 - Bore serration for locking threaded inserts against rotation: A bore serration for locking externally serrated inserts (3) against rotation, with the external serration (4) comprising several teeth (5), and particularly for use with components made of hard, brittle materials, includes an arcuate serration (10) featuring arcuate recesses (7) produced by plunge or circumferential surface milling. Each of the... Agent: Harbin Klima Law Group PLLC

20080279653 - Screw head formation: A screw having in its head a recess that includes two or three non-circular superimposed recess-tiers. The depth of each recess-tier is less than 1.35 mm and there is less than 1° draw in each recess. The screw head recess is formed using a punch (10) in a cold heading... Agent: Eric L. Prahl Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080279654 - Hidden deck fastener and method of use: A hidden deck fastener for joining adjacent deck boards and securing the boards to an underlying joist includes a biscuit core having an upper face and a lower face, two supporting leg members attached to the lower face, arranged on opposite sides of a central region of the biscuit core... Agent: Aquilla Patents & Marks, PLLC

20080273938 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly includes a bolt having first and second ends and comprising a bolt head at the first end and a shank, at least a part of which is screw threaded, a nut for screw threaded engagement with the shank of the bolt, and a template alignment pin, wherein... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080273939 - Variably threaded screw: A variably threaded screw has a first end and a second end, the first end of the shaft terminating in a tip and the second end having a widened head thereon. A first helical thread portion is located on the shaft adjacent the widened head. A second helical thread portion... Agent: Keith D. Nowak

20080273940 - Wing-bolt: A wing-bolt for holding panels or covers over openings for protection against intrusions during storms or bad weather.... Agent: David E. Orr

20080273941 - Threaded fastener and fastener system: A threaded fastener and threaded fastener system. The threaded fastener includes a body having at least one outer surface and at least one thread forming a spiral about the outer surface of the body. The thread forms a plurality of crests and a plurality of roots and the tangential distance... Agent: Lawson & Persson, P.C.

20080273942 - Structural screw secure device for a radiator assembly: A structural screw device for a radiator assembly includes a frame and four screw members. The frame with four corners provides at least a leg post with an axial through hole respectively. The respective screw member is inserted into the leg post and the main body of the screw member... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080273943 - Partially coated fastener assembly and method for coating: A fastener assembly includes a row of fasteners having a head, a tip, and a portion of a shank coated with a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polymer material such as polyurethane and metal particles. The polymer composition is used to provide improved corrosion and ultraviolet radiation resistance... Agent: Pauley Peterson & Erickson

20080273944 - Affixing pin for dry wall or the like: A dry wall affixing pin, having a penetrating pin which has a penetrating tip for penetrating through a dry wall, a controlling tail coupling with the penetrating tip for determining a penetrating direction of the penetrating pin, and a force distributing surface which extends from the penetrating tip towards the... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm