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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278810 | Grommet A grommet for an opening of a sheet member includes a shank, a head and at least a flexible locking tab. The shank includes, in a region adjacent the head and outside the locking tab, a shoulder to be placed below an edge of the opening when the shank is rotated an ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7227434 | Tuning screw assembly The present invention relates to a tuning screw assembly comprising a sleeve (100) with internal threads for engaging a tuning screw (200) having external threads. The sleeve comprises a first threaded portion (32) which is axially displaced in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223056 | Blind rivet nut A blind rivet nut has a head configured as an annular flange and a shank comprising a head end, a foot end and a cylindrical bore closed at the foot end of the shank and extending from the head end to the foot end in lengthwise direction, and a second bore segment n... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7104021 | Terminal plug for screwing a muntin bar to a spacer frame of in particular an insulated glass window A terminal for use with a muntin bar or cross includes a muntin bar and a terminal plug. The muntin bar has an end and an outer surface. The end of the muntin bar includes a hollow space and an inner wall. The terminal plug is adapted to be inserted into the end of ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6942439 | Expansion dowel bushing with a compressible section The dowel's expansion bushing (2) is placed around a threaded rod (9) inserted in the bushing's (2) expansion core (3), between the strut (8) and the core (3). The bushing (2) includes a section (16) compressib... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939379 | Graft ligament anchor and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone A graft ligament anchor includes a tubular body having a bore therethrough and proximal and distal ends. A flange is attached to the tubular body at the proximal end thereof and extends radially outwardly beyond the tubular body. A deformable wall is disposed in the... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935821 | Mushrooming expandable anchor A self-anchoring fastening device for installation in supports for hanging pipes wires or other articles in ceilings is shaped for a socket to drive the device for an easy installation process. The device comprises a collapsible anchoring portion having radially exp... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926483 | Joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members A joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members, comprises a bolt having a thread and a nut-like blind rivet adapted to be inserted into mounting holes of the structural members and to be threadingly engaged to each other. One of the mounting holes is ma... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6837658 | Plug for fixing to hollow and to solid building materials A plug for fixing to hollow and to solid building materials has a plug body having a plurality of longitudinally extending expansible limbs that are expansible by screwing in of an expansion screw, the expansible limbs having a rear end and a leading end, a sleeve-s... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6558094 | Plug to be fastened to hollow and solid building materials The invention relates to a plug (10) for fastening to hollow or panel-type building materials and to solid building materials. The invention proposes providing the plug (10) with expansion limbs (18) that extend longitudinally and that are connected to on... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6164884 | Anchor with spreading elements The novel anchor has a neck portion formed with an opening for inserting a screw into the anchor, a head portion formed with an annular, circumferentially closed collar, and spreading elements connecting the neck portion with the head portion. Radially ex... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5820321 | Expansion plug with tensioning member and two expansion tubes An expansion plug has at least one tensioning member, an expansion means formed by a system of at least two expansion tubes encircling the tensioning member and fitted one within another, each of the expansion tubes being provided with a series of slots w... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807050 | Sheet metal anchor An anchor for a bolt formed of a single strip of sheet metal includes a pair of opposed shell portions having helically aligned connecting strips. The shell portions extend from a bottom end of the anchor having a threaded sleeve for accepting the bolt. T... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5636953 | Roof rail attachment assembly A fastener assembly for mounting to a panel to allow connection of associated structures thereto comprises a fastener receiving and retaining member formed of plastic and including an elongated sleeve-like body having a head end and a terminal end with a ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 4861211 | Composite rivet The invention is a composite rivet comprising a tubular preform having a longitudinal axis and an aperture therethrough aligned with the longitudinal axis. The preform further comprises a head portion, a head forming portion and a shear portion therebetwe... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4861206 | Straddling plug A plastic straddling or expansion plug having a closed plug neck and a closed plug foot both with a longitudinal aperture into which a screw can cut a thread. The plug includes a shank having a thin plug jacket on which a two-flight helix is integrally fo... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4826358 | Device for anchoring in and/or reinforcing hard materials A device for anchoring in and/or reinforcing hard materials, such as stone, concrete and the like, is described. The device consists of a continuous body, made in one piece, designed for insertion axially into a mounting hole in said materials and which h... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4781500 | Metal blind rivet A metal blind rivet assembly having a plurality of ribs with flutes between them located about the circumference of the barrel of the rivet sleeve. The ribs are arranged in a helix and at an angle so that during the setting operation a twisting motion tak... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4720224 | Sleeve anchor A sleeve anchor for use in a pre-drilled hole in concrete, masonry and the like includes a bolt with threaded outer end for receiving an internally threaded pressure member, e.g., a nut. The inner end defines a shank terminating in a head of diameter grea... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4309136 | Fastening device This fastening device, notably for fixing an object to a hollow partition or wall, comprises a splined plug, a screw and a nut; the bottom of the gaps formed between the splines is provided with a slit, except at the plug ends, to enable the splines to se... | 01/05/1982 |
| 3942407 | Expandable screw anchoring devices The invention relates to a screw anchoring device adapted to be inserted in a bored hole and of the type having a tubular anchoring member moulded from plastics material and provided with longitudinally -- for example axially or helically -- extending sli... | 03/09/1976 |
