Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 07/09

20090191019 - Fastener safety retention: A safety fastener capable of retaining portions thereof in the event of breakage is disclosed. The safety fastener includes a through hole along the longitudinal axis of a shaft. A secondary member, such as a wire rope, may be disposed within the through hole. Capturing members, such as balls sized... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090191020 - Dual action disposable clamp: Disclosed is a clamp that includes a mechanical fastener, an expander including a bulbing portion and a shank wherein the bulbing portion of the expander forms a flange by movement of the mechanical fastener without applying an initial clamping force. After formation, the flange is then drawn into a clamping... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090191021 - Free spin fastener and connection system: A fastener and a fastener system using the fastener are disclosed. The fastener has an elongated shank having a thread formed at one end and a annular recess formed adjacent the threaded portion to define a leading and trailing abutment surface. The thread guides the fastener into engagement with one... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090191022 - Locking refrigerator or freezer box: A storage system allows secured attachment in a device, such as a refrigerator, a freezer, a medical cart or the like, having a shelf comprising spaced-apart wire rack ribs. The storage system has a body with top and bottom walls, side walls, a rear wall, and an open front face... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090191023 - Nail strip of u-shaped nails: A nail strip is composed of a plurality of U-shaped nails or staples lined up along a line-up axis and bonded to each other in a side-by-side and detachable manner. Each staple includes a crown and two legs extending from opposite ends of the crown. The staples are oriented to... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090191024 - Bolt for attaching a rotary mower blade: A blade bolt for attaching a blade to a rotating member of a rotary mower has a head at a lower end, a cylindrical shoulder portion extending from the head, a shank extending from the shoulder portion, the shank having a cross-section that is rounded and non-cylindrical, and a threaded... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090191025 - Fastener: A fastener having a shank with a moveable portion that improves insertion of the fastener into an aperture, as well as improves the retention of the fastener within the aperture and the resistance of the fastener to extraction.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090185879 - Fastener system with frangible member: A fastener system having a threaded shaft and a threaded body assembly. The threaded body assembly includes first and second bodies each having a threaded bore. A frangible member couples the two bodies together in an initial configuration. The two bodies are threaded onto the shaft in their initial configuration... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian C. Pauls

20090185880 - Universal fastener: A new and improved fastener wherein the tip portion includes a unique and novel structure that enables and facilitates the insertion of the fastener into both wood and concrete substrates. The tip portion includes a half-cone structure in which a pointed tip is defined between a radially outer conical surface... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb

20090185881 - Rivet, and hanging hook having the same: A rivet includes a main body having a rod portion connected integrally to an enlarged head portion and extending through first and second members. An end portion of the rod portion extends outwardly of an assembly of the first and second members, and has a thinner section interconnecting thicker and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090180842 - Panel fastener: A nut fastener adapted for insertion into an opening in a panel. The nut fastener includes a platform including an upper face and a lower face. A sleeve defining a sleeve axis extends through the platform. The sleeve includes a sleeve inlet opening at the upper face adapted to receive... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090175701 - Self-tapping screw made of composite material: A self-tapping screw made of composite material includes a first shank and a second shank. The first shank made of stainless steel is provided with a locking head with a tool locking recess and a threaded member, having its lower end bored with a circular combining recess. The second shank... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090175702 - High torque transmission fastener and socket therefor: A fastener includes a driven head and a shank portion. The driven head has a top end, a bottom end, a plurality of flat guide surfaces connected between the top and bottom ends, a plurality of angularly spaced-apart rounded driven lobes each connected between two adjacent flat guide surfaces, and... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090175703 - Screw retaining strip: A screw retaining strip comprising: a strip body made of plastics; a plurality of screws being vertically arranged on the strip body as a bank; the strip body being a slender strip and being bent upwards so that the strip body can provide sufficient stress to support the weight of... Agent: Shih-jhong Huang

20090169324 - Fastener with shear bushing: A fastener is disclosed including a threaded male fastener and a shear bushing for coupling thin walled structures together. The shear bushing having an internal through opening and a shear ring constructed to project across an interface of adjacent walls is operable for absorbing shear loads transmitted into the fastener... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20090169325 - System for integrating rivet nuts into plastic components: The system is intended for fixing metal rivet nuts (1) to plastic material components (2), achieving the fixing by means of ultrasound riveting or any other mechanical method. Each plastic component (1), made through the relevant manufacturing process, preferably by injection moulding, has a plurality of protuberances (4) that are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090169326 - Fastening device: A fastening device to be fitted into a support part (22) has a cover plate (1) and two clamping arms (6, 7). Each clamping arm (6, 7) has an inner leg (5) and an outer leg (10) which has a bracing structure on its end facing the cover plate (1).... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20090169327 - Weldable nut assembly: A weldable nut assembly includes a plate body and a nut body. The plate body has top and bottom sides, and is formed with an installation hole, and a plurality of welding portions that protrude from the bottom side of the plate body. The nut body includes a nut portion... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090169328 - Fixing implement: The object of the invention is to provide a fixing implement which fulfills an excellent looseness prevention function while firmly fastening a member using an irreversible looseness prevention device, which is excellent in durability, workability when fixing the member and corrosion resistance and which can firmly fastens the member without... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090169329 - Push-on bolt stabilizer: The invention provides for a retainer for stabilizing a threaded member. The retainer may include a base portion having an opening and an outer perimeter lying in a first plane, the opening having a plurality of elongated sections each extending toward the outer perimeter so as to define in the... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090169330 - Threaded fastener shaft having a deformable threaded portion: A fastening mechanism including a shaft, wherein the shaft is effectively threaded; the shaft includes a threaded non-deformable material interspersed with at least one portion of a threaded deformable material.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090169331 - Wall anchor: A wall anchor attachable to a wall, the wall defining a wall aperture. The wall anchor includes a body; a retention element operatively coupled to the body so as to be reversibly movable between a retracted configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein, when the retention element is in the retracted... Agent: Invention Quebec Inc.

20090169332 - Anchor integrated liner and machine installation method: An anchor integrated liner 10 includes: an anchor shaft part 12 which is provided with a shaft 16 embeddable in a concrete foundation 110 on which a base plate 120 of a machine 100 is installed and with a screw part 18; and a liner part 14 which is provided... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090169333 - Screw head: This new screw head consists of a recess resembling a double dove tail design. It is capable of receiving a conventional twist bit. Its primary purposes are to increase safety and expediency.... Agent: Mearl W. Stewart

20090169334 - Bimate screw: The present invention pertains to a bimate screw providing with a first section alternating with a second threaded section; wherein, the second threaded section has a smaller outer diameter than the first threaded section, and further a plurality of concavities are disposed on each thread of the second threaded section... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090169335 - Internal thread hole closing plug: An internal thread hole closing plug for closing an internal thread hole in a weld nut and a hole in a body panel includes a flange, column and elastic latching pieces and that extend from the column toward the flange and away from the column. The tips of the elastic... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090169336 - Locking device with quick release mechanism: A locking device includes an outer ring in which a clutch disc and a locking disc are respectively connected at two opposite sides thereof A first pad is located on clutch disc and a second pad is located on the first pad. A plurality of balls are located between adjacent... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090169337 - Eccentric fastening device: An eccentric fastening device is provided. The eccentric fastening device includes a first threaded fastener, a base and a rotary lug providing a non-fastened pre-assembled position. The base includes a top, a bottom, a stem and a hole, where the stem axially extends from the bottom of the base, and... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.