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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7222464 | Anchor bolt and installing method thereof It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to install an anchor bolt while securing the pull-out strength of the anchor bolt even when the anchor bolt installation position encounters a reinforcement in concrete. An anchor bolt according to the pre... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6679668 | Double-ended fastener A fastener and an installation tool are disclosed. The fastener is double-ended and allows two opposed items to be joined. The fastener also produces a blind joint, so that the fastener itself is invisible after the joint has been formed. An accompanying ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6412246 | Structural truss A truss is disclosed which comprises a bottom chord (12) and a pair of top chords (14, 16) arranged obliquely with respect to the bottom chord (12). Webs (20) are arranged between the top chords and the bottom chord. The webs have punched nails (46) proje... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6348064 | Wound site management and wound closure device A staple and stapler and introducer are disclosed for closing a wound and for wound site management. The staple is deformable, and includes a plurality of tissue-piercing prongs which are expanded outwardly, inserted into tissue and collapsed inwardly to ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6299400 | Deck fastener, method of driving and method of manufacture of fastener A deck board fastener has first and second parallel straight prongs for insertion respectively into a deck board and a supporting joist, a crown coplanar with and joining the first and second prongs, a third prong extending from the crown at an angle to t... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6071054 | Deck fasteners A fastener for securing boards to joists includes a first member having two parallel sharp, pointed prongs, and a third sharp, pointed prong extending from the first member. One of the prongs of the first member is driven into a first board and the other ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5927923 | Deck fasteners A fastener for securing boards to joists includes first and second sharp, pointed prongs. The first prong has a driving portion for driving the prong at an angle through a first board and a joist thereunder. The second prong extends from a lateral member ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5865586 | Removable log coupling device An apparatus for securing one log to another during a log machining process. The apparatus has a main body which is shaped in the form of an essentially flat disk. Each side of the disk has at least two protrusions or prongs which are oriented perpendicul... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5853414 | Elastic clip for osteosynthesis An elastic clip for osteosynthesis for connecting at least two bone parts together, comprising a body having at least two spaced legs, each leg having a lower end which can be inserted into a bone part and each having an upper end, the upper ends of said ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5449359 | Elastic clip for osteosynthesis An elastic clip for osteosynthesis for connecting at least two bone parts together, comprising a body having at least two spaced legs, each leg having a lower end which can be inserted into a bone part and each having an upper end, the upper ends of said ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 4991373 | Support clip for ceiling panels A support clip for supporting ceiling panels in a suspended ceiling includes a top portion connected to and arranged substantially perpendicular to a front portion. A pair of juxtaposed prongs extend rearwardly from a bottom edge of the front portion belo... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4533288 | Drive fastener A drive fastener designed to be hammered into penetrable material. One end of the drive fastener is split. The opposite end of the drive fastener contains threads. A pair of nuts are threaded together on the threaded end of the drive fastener to receive t... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4213374 | Fastener Disclosed is a fastener having a base portion and at least two anchor legs projecting from the base portion in the same general direction. At least one barb-like projection is disposed on at least one pair of the pairs of surfaces of the group comprising ... | 07/22/1980 |
| 3939549 | Process of assembling furniture corner joints A method of assembling furniture corner joints between framing members, such as rails or boards set at angles to each other. The corner joint is secured by connector plates, each of which has end portions set at right angles to each other corresponding wi... | 02/24/1976 |
