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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284940 | Nail having flexible sleeve mounted thereto A nail includes a shank with a head and a tip portion on two ends of the shank. Two guide flanges extend radially outward from the shank and a flexible and deformable sleeve is mounted to the shank and located between the two guide flanges. The nail penetrates an ob... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7014408 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing with self-locking nails A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrate... | 03/21/2006 |
| 5870870 | Shear panel joint A shear resistant structural panel assembly for use in framed buildings comprising a facing of finish material bonded and having a lower tensile strength to a usually thinner, structural membrane having a higher tensile strength and directly fastened to s... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5489287 | Apparatus and method for subcuticular stapling of body tissue A surgical apparatus is disclosed for attaching adjacent end portions of cutaneous body tissue wherein a pair of opposed jaws have means for moving the jaws toward and away from each other. Body tissue engaging means in the form of sharp tip members exten... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5011354 | Concrete fastener apparatus A fastener for use particularly to temporarily secure wood strip members to a concrete substrate includes an upper cylindrical head overlying a first cylindrical shank, with a truncated conical further head coaxially aligned with the cylindrical head, wit... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4728237 | Drivable picture frame hanger A hanger adapted to be driven into a wooden frame member includes a one-piece stamped metal member having a head and a flat elongate symmetrical shank with a series of lands and grooves disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the shank betw... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4208148 | Wedge for wooden handled tool A wedge for securing a wooden handle to the head of a tool, the wedge having serrated tapered surfaces and serrated tapered edges and being bent into a U-shape. The wedge has a bight portion laying adjacent the end of the oval-shaped eye of the tool, and ... | 06/17/1980 |
