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Class 411/59 - Slot spaced from ends


Subclass of Class 411 - Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
Definition: Subject matter wherein the elongated, narrow aperture has
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 05/29/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7222398Clip
A clip includes: a pin having a head and a shank; and a grommet having a collar and a leg. The leg of the grommet is divided into a plurality of expansion leg pieces by means of slits extending along an axial direction. The expansion leg pieces of the leg are expand...
05/29/2007
7083370Fastening devices
A device for fastening panels to tubular frames comprises a dowel element (10) and a sleeve element (11). An expander region (15) of the dowel element, comprising a plain cylindrical section (16) and a conically tapering section (17
08/01/2006
6935821Mushrooming 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
6749385Nail structure
A nail structure comprises a wall nail casing a center of the wall nail casing being formed with a tapered central axial hole which is reduced toward a distal end thereof; two sides of the distal end of the wall nail casing being formed with respective slots; and on...
06/15/2004
6164884Anchor 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
5827014Friction rock stabilizer
This invention relates to a friction rock stabilizer which includes an elongated tendon tube which is reduced in cross-sectional dimension over a portion of its length towards one end of the tube, a slot which extends over at least the unreduced length of...
10/27/1998
5820321Expansion 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
5779410Fastening device for mounting hardware especially cabinet hardware on cabinets
A fastening plug for mounting furniture hardware having an expandable sleeve into which an elongated shaft of an expander enters, the shaft having a head for rotating the expander relative to the sleeve. The elongated shaft of the expander has multiple ex...
07/14/1998
5725541Soft tissue fastener device
An expandable fastener device for attaching tissue to bone and a surgical operating technique for using it. The fastener device includes a shaft which will pierce tissue and when rotated, will drill a hole in bone with a drill point to receive the fastene...
03/10/1998
5593089Crosstie plug for a railroad spike
A railroad crosstie plug is positioned within an existing spike hole in a crosstie to restore a predetermined gage between parallel railroad rails. The plug comprises a hollow sleeve having a slot along one side thereof and an interior configuration compl...
01/14/1997
5536122Expansible anchor and method of making the same
An expansible anchor of metal for anchoring in a hole drilled in masonry has a bolt with several connected expander cones forming a thread and an expansible sleeve provided with an internal thread matching the expanding cones. To achieve high holding fore...
07/16/1996
5501695Fastener for attaching objects to bones
A fastener adapted to expand into bone has a tubular body having a longitudinal opening therethrough with a stop within the opening. The body has a head at one end and a longitudinal slot extends through the body near the other end to form ribs that expan...
03/26/1996
5380135Universal plug
A plug is suitable for use in preformed blind holes in rigid and soft material and also holes in sheetform material. The plug comprises a head portion (2) joined to a tail portion (10) by four legs (12), all having flexing points (20, 22, 24) towards their end...
01/10/1995
5326205Expandable rivet assembly
An expandable rivet assembly for attaching objects, especially when using bone. The assembly includes a rivet and puller where the puller is pulled to expand the rivet. A stop is provided in the rivet to set an upper limit to the expansion of the rivet by...
07/05/1994
5312215Universal plug
A plug is suitable for use in preformed blind holes in rigid and soft material and also holes in sheet form material. The plug comprises a head portion joined to a tail portion by four identical legs, all having flexing points towards their ends and in a ...
05/17/1994
5259714Blind fastener assembly
An anchor member having an anchor tube formed with an anchor plate orthogonally mounted to the tube, including slots directed through the tube to ease deformation of the tube upon internally threaded tube portion and drawn towards the anchor plate by a bo...
11/09/1993
5246323Pin for fixing a piece to a thin supporting wall
The pin comprises an expansion body (2) and, around the body, an expandable tubular sleeve (3) made from a flexible material, with a stop collar (12) and an end (10) forming a nut. With the pin extending through an orifice pierced in the wall with the sle...
09/21/1993
5207750Insert moldable ratchet rivet assembly
An insertable moldable ratchet rivet assembly of a unitary construction for securing a plurality of panels together includes a drive-pin insert of a unique construction to facilitate the pull-up operation with a reduced amount of force and to form slots i...
05/04/1993
5205688Deformable plug of a wall fastener
A fastening device in the form of a plug and a screw is adapted for installation in a blind bore of a thick wall or in a through hole in a thin wall. The plug is formed as an elongated body having a central longitudinal hole. The body has inner and outer ...
04/27/1993
5183358Expandable fixture pin for machine tools
The fixture or dowel pin has an axial opening including progressively smaller tapered sections alternating with progressively smaller cylindrical threaded sections. Screws having corresponding tapered tops and threaded sections fit respectively into the s...
02/02/1993
5078561Plastic expansion nut
A universally self-aligned expandable nut including a head and a body moldable in a simple mold having a straight-line open and close action. The head includes an enlarged flange having a central opening through which a screw can pass. The body includes a...
01/07/1992
5030051Screw rivet
A screw rivet includes a screw and a grommet. The grommet has internal steps for meshing with external threads of the screw. The internal steps are formed on the inner periphery of an expansible portion of a leg of the grommet split by axial slits, and ha...
07/09/1991
4878791Expanding plastic fastener
A coupler for coupling together plates includes a male member having a head and a pin-like portion having male threads and depending from the lower surface of the head and a female member having a flange facing the head of the male member, a leg portion d...
11/07/1989
4806053Expansion dowel with two different expansion members
An expansion dowel assembly includes an axially elongated anchor bolt and a pair of serially arranged expansion elements or shells into which the anchor bolt is drawn. The anchor bolt has axially extending conically shaped expansion members spaced apart i...
02/21/1989
4696610Blind fastener
A blind fastener of the type wherein a cylindrical stem or mandrel pulled within a tubular sleeve or rivet body to cause legs formed in the latter to collapse outwardly into engagement with the blind side of a work piece. Such legs are formed in the rivet...
09/29/1987
4610587Reusable two-piece fastener
A reusable two-piece fastener for releasably securing together a plurality of panels which have aligned apertures therethrough comprises a body member and an associated externally threaded screw member. The body member, which is molded of resiliently flex...
09/09/1986
4481702Method of assembling threaded insert bushing within a working material
An insert assembly includes a frustoconically shape cone nut (10), a cylindrical shell (20) and a bolt (36). The cone nut (10) has a longitudinal bore (12) which is tapped to accept the threads on the bolt. The shell (20) has projecting barbs (28) arrange...
11/13/1984
4460298Self retaining threaded screw grommet
A one-piece self-retaining threaded plastic screw grommet including a head and bifurcated shank having a through bore through the head and shank. The slots which bifurcate said shank being generally tangentially disposed on opposite sides of the axis of s...
07/17/1984
4447182Fixing plug
A fixing plug contains a metallic expanding sleeve having a slotted end portion or section. Engaging with this slotted end portion is an expanding element which contains a body formed of an oscillation damping material and in which there are embedded a co...
05/08/1984
4437804Mounting element for mounting object to support structure
A mounting element for mounting an object on a support structure has an elongated expansion sleeve member insertable into a mounting hole of the support structure and having a longitudinal opening, and an elongated expander member insertable into the long...
03/20/1984
4340330Straddling dowel
Disclosed is a straddling dowel, of plastic, having a continuous screw insertion hole and several expansion segments that are formed by longitudinal slits in the dowel body and which extend from the circular head portion to the circular foot portion of th...
07/20/1982
4311421Fastener
A fastener, comprising an expander part having a saucer-shaped head and a shank extending from the head and formed with a male thread thereon, and a fastener part having a flange and opposite stem portions branched from the back of the flange and connecti...
01/19/1982
 
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