| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 411340000 | Securing means pivotable about axis transverse to fastener axis, e.g., toggle bolt, etc. | 35 |
| 20080199275 | ANCHORING FASTENER WITH MOVABLE BINDING MEMBER - A compact wall fastener ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080273940 | Wing-bolt - A wing-bolt for holding panels or covers over openings for protection against intrusions during storms or bad weather. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090279981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING AN INTERLOCKING CONNECTOR AND CONNECTORS PRODUCED THEREBY - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for molding an interlocking connector, and connectors produced thereby. The connectors comprise a base member having a hollow shaft with a non-circular interior perimeter and at least one undercut provided on a face of the non-circular interior perimeter. Mating anchor members are provided having a support rod configured with a non-circular outer perimeter that may be mated with the non-circular interior of the hollow shaft. The anchor member is provided an end cap which, once installed inside of the hollow shaft, provides a stop surface abutting the undercut so as to prevent lateral separation of the base member and the anchor member. The cooperating, non-circular perimeters of the hollow shaft and the anchor member likewise prevent relative rotation between the two components after they are joined. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, such interlocking connector is used to join the separate components of a multi-part wall anchor system. Likewise, so as to minimize the cost of manufacture of such components, a straight draw molding device is used to form the base member, and particularly to form the undercuts on the interior walls of the hollow shaft of the base member. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100290863 | Mat Lock Pin - A mat lock pin for releasably holding together overlapping mats has an outer body and a rotor rotatably held within the outer body. The outer body is sized and shaped so as to snugly fit within aligned holes in overlapping mats, and is shaped so as to be non-rotational within the holes. The rotor has a central stem and a foot at each end. When the mat lock pin is in place extending through holes in overlapping mats, the rotor feet are at the outermost surfaces of the mats. Rotation of the rotor brings angled surfaces on the rotor feet to bear against the outermost mat surfaces, generating an axial force forcing the mats together. The axial forces forcing the mats together are carried by the rotor, permitting the outer body to be made of relatively low strength, and low cost, material. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110164941 | Fastener Device - A fastener device making a single hole to attach an item, providing a bolt, a nut and a toggle having a hollow cylindrical body with opposite U-shaped openings forming an aperture to pivot the toggle into a toggle first condition with coplanar body and bolt longitudinal axis or into a toggle second condition with perpendicular body and bolt longitudinal axis. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20130230365 | WALL ANCHOR - A wall anchor is provided and includes a nose cone structure including a body and a primary cone, which is rotatably coupled to the body and manually urgeable to penetrate a substrate, a detent assembly, disposed on the nose cone structure, which is engageable to maintain the primary cone in a first position and a trigger integrally coupled to the nose cone structure and actuatable to selectively disengage the detent assembly such that the primary cone is permissively rotatable about the body into a second position. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130343831 | Anchor Assembly with Toggle for Hollow Walls - An anchor assembly (A) for hollow walls comprises an anchor body ( | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140010617 | Fastening Arrangement - A fastening arrangement includes a threaded fastener ( | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140199132 | Wall Mounted Toggle Hook - A convertible anchor comprises a fixture for holding an article to a friable wall and an anchoring mechanism extending from the fixture and adapted when rotated to engagingly extend into the wall for securing the fixture thereto. The fixture is selectively separable via frangible connection elements from the anchoring mechanism for allowing the fixture to be used alone with an appropriate fastener suitable for installing the fixture to a rigid structure, such as wooden components. The frangible elements are typically provided between the fixture and a proximal end of the anchoring mechanism. The nature of the vertical support to which the anchor is to be mounted is thus first determined and then, for a friable wall, the anchor is installed thereto using the anchoring mechanism or, for a more solid support the fixture is separated from the anchoring mechanism and installed to the solid support via an appropriate fastener. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150377270 | ASSEMBLY WITH BLIND INSTALLATION CAPABILITY - An assembly includes a pin, a fastener, a first element, and a paddle. The pin includes a first channel. The fastener extends within the pin and has a head extending from a first end of the pin. The first element is mounted to the fastener and is capable of translation relative to the pin with rotation of the fastener. The paddle is movably connected to the first element and disposed within the first channel. At least a portion of the paddle extends from the first channel to protrude from the pin with translation of the first element. | 12-31-2015 |
| 411341000 | And biasing spring | 10 |
| 20090214318 | INSERT WALL ANCHOR FOR A GRAB BAR - A grab bar is attached to a wall with at least one anchor assembly. The anchor assembly can be removed and repeatedly used as needed. The anchor assembly includes a vertical support beam, a flange arm assembly having a base portion and an arm portion, and a spring. The spring is attached to the vertical support beam and cooperates with the arm portion to hold the flange arm assembly in place during installation. The base portion of the flange arm assembly has a flange that fits against a wall surface of the wall structure, and the arm portion is received within a slot formed within the vertical support beam. The flange prevents the flange arm assembly from falling behind the wall structure. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110150600 | INSERT WALL ANCHOR FOR A GRAB BAR - A grab bar or other accessory is attached to a wall with at least one anchor assembly. The anchor assembly can be removed and repeatedly used as needed. The anchor assembly includes a vertical support beam, an arm having a hub portion and an arm portion, and a mounting plate that is supported by the arm. The arm portion is received within a slot formed within the vertical support beam. A spring is attached to the vertical support beam and cooperates with the arm portion to hold the arm in place during installation. The mounting plate includes a plurality of hole locations spaced radially outwardly from a center opening. The mounting plate is rotatable to position the plurality of hole locations at one of many different desired mount positions for a variety of grab bars. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110222985 | Wing Wall Anchor - Essentially this invention the Wing Wall Anchor is unique because the wings are opened parallel to the wall by the spring which is riveted between the by the nut/rivet connector. The spring opens the wings even when they are adjacent to a stud a corner wall. Also because of the size, length, width, gauge, they are able to hold more securely and require substantially less backspace and a 50% shorter bolt than similar anchors. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20130243546 | Anchor Assembly for Fastener - An anchor assembly for walls comprises a toggle member and a strap member pivotally mounted together, and a locking member. In a first position, the toggle member is aligned with the strap member for insertion through a hole in the wall, whereas in a second position, the toggle member extends behind the wall angularly to the strap member which extends from the toggle member through the hole. The locking member is adapted to be displaced along the strap member until it engages the wall and to be locked on the strap member to prevent the locking member from displacing away from the toggle member. Therefore, the locking member and the toggle member are connected by the strap member and imprison the wall by abutting respectively the visible and hidden sides thereof. A fastener introduced through the locking member and the wall threadably engages an opening defined in the toggle member. | 09-19-2013 |
| 411342000 | Spring engaging securing means | 4 |
| 20090103999 | Toggle bolt assembly - An improved toggle bolt assembly consisting of a toggle nut | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100232904 | ATTACHING ARRANGEMENT FOR HAND-HELD MOTOR-DRIVEN TOOLS - An arrangement for attaching a bar of a hand-held motor driven tool, such as a chain saw, to a body of the tool includes at least one first engagement device, a cover portion adapted to bear against a bar such that the bar is arranged between the cover portion and the body, and at least one second engagement device is adapted to engage the first engagement device for securing a bar between the cover portion and the body. The second engagement device is arranged to move a first distance along the first engagement device in a direction of the rotation axis of the second engagement device for securing a bar between the cover portion and the body. The second engagement device is captively attached to a spring biasing member having an undistorted position and a distorted position. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110123291 | ANCHOR BOLT ASSEMBLY - An anchor bolt assembly includes a sleeve affixed to a first plate member and having a locating groove extending around the inside wall thereof, a retaining member having a shank and a head provided with a retaining ring and movable in and out of the sleeve, a spring member adapted for forcing the retaining member out of the sleeve to a locking position to lock a second plate member to the first plate member and a pull cap connected to the distal end of the shank for pulling by the user to move the retaining member away from the locking position to an unlocking position where the second plate member is unlocked from the first plate member and the retaining ring is engaged with the locating groove to hold the retaining member in the unlocking position. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120328392 | Toggle bolt fastener and method of operation - The present invention relates to a toggle-bolt fastener for mounting various objects on a hollow mounting surface, the toggle bolt fastener having a single toggle piece, or clamping member, attached to one end of a spring, the other end of the spring attached to a hollow securing nut, the spring allowing the clamping member to be folded back and inserted into the securing nut for insertion of the fastener through the mounting surface. | 12-27-2012 |
| 411343000 | Spring at opposite end from securing means | 2 |
| 20100098513 | SELF-LOCKING FASTENER AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - A self-locking fastener includes a head, and a solid shaft extending from the head. The shaft includes a threaded portion away from the head. A slot is defined in the threaded portion along the axis of the threaded portion to divide the threaded portion into two parts. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20120315108 | CLIP - A claw of a clip includes a slit, an elastic piece, a hinge and a protrusion. The slit includes a pair of opposed vertical grooves parallel to an inserting direction of a leg, a horizontal groove communicating rear ends of both the vertical grooves in the inserting direction of the leg with each other, and a pair of bent grooves line-symmetrically bent closer to each other from front ends of both the vertical grooves in the inserting direction of the leg. | 12-13-2012 |
| 411344000 | And discrete manual actuating means | 11 |
| 20080206014 | Self-drilling and slotting fastener with retainer - The self-drilling and slotting fastener with retainer has a thin retainer wire that is used to bring the flat nut portion that is inserted through a wall into position with the hole in the wall for a screw to mate with the threads in the nut. The nut has a rectangular body shape with a thin elongated section extending from away from one side. This elongated section has a drilling point and serrated teeth for making a slot. It looks almost like a car key. The drilling point makes a hole wide enough for the matting screw and is long enough to go completely through the wall. The serrated teeth on the elongated section are used to make horizontal slots on each side of the hole to accommodate the narrow width of the nut body. The resulting slotted hole is clean and provides a smooth and uniform surface on the inner surface of the wall for the nut to rest against. The drilling & sawing section is crimped at the juncture with the body and has a hole in it for being put on the retaining wire. After the hole and slot is made in the wall the elongated section is broken off and put on the retainer wire so it keeps the nut from falling inside the wall. The nut is put into position over the hole by pulling on the cord. The rectangular flat nut then rests against the inside surface of the wall and has a wide area for holding the object. This provides an improvement in holding capacity for this system. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080253860 | Anchor Assembly for Fastener - An anchor assembly for walls comprises a toggle member and a strap member pivotally mounted together, and a locking member. In a first position thereof, the toggle member is aligned with the strap member for insertion through the wall, whereas in a second position thereof, the toggle member extends behind the wall at an angle relative to the strap member which extends from the toggle member through the hole in the wall. The locking member is adapted to be displaced along the strap member until it engages the wall and to be locked on the strap member to prevent the locking member from displacing away from the toggle member. Therefore, the locking member and the toggle member are connected by the strap member and imprison the wall by abutting respectively the visible and hidden sides thereof. A fastener introduced through the locking member and the wall threadably engages an opening defined in the toggle member. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090003962 | Anchor Assembly with Toggle for Hollow Walls - An anchor assembly for hollow walls comprises an anchor body and a toggle member moveably mounted to the anchor body. The toggle member is displaceable between first and second positions thereof, wherein in the first position the toggle member is substantially aligned with the anchor body such that the anchor assembly can be rotated for insertion in the wall, and wherein in the second position the toggle member extends behind the wall at an angle relative to the anchor body with the anchor body extending through the hole in the wall. The toggle member is held captive in the first position but is displaceable longitudinally along the anchor body when an appropriate fastener is introduced in the anchor body. A deflector is provided for causing, after a sufficient longitudinal displacement of the toggle member has released the same from a captive state thereof, the toggle member to pivot relative to the anchor body to the second position. The toggle member is adapted to then threadably receive the fastener such that further rotation of the fastener draws the toggle member against a hidden side of the wall with the anchor body being held substantially fixed relative to the wall. The toggle member has opposed proximal and distal ends, a recess is being defined in the proximal end of the toggle member and being adapted to receive a bit of a rotary tool, such that the tool can engage the recess in the first position and be rotated for inserting the anchor assembly in the wall with the distal end of the toggle member being adapted to cut through the wall. The anchor body can include a proximal collar defining a hexagonal socket adapted to receive a hexagonal bit of a tool such that the tool can engage the socket such that the tool can engage the recess and can be rotated for inserting the anchor assembly, in the first position, in the wall. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090053007 | RETRIEVABLE TOGGLE BOLT WITH PIVOT-AND-SLIDE ENGAGEMENT - A retrievable toggle bolt for mounting an object on a drywall or other hollow wall structure includes a headless bolt having a threaded shaft with a terminal portion for insertion through a hole in the drywall. A toggle is engaged by a pivot-and-slide engagement configuration with the terminal portion of the headless bolt so that the toggle is free to pivot relative to the headless bolt about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the direction of elongation and the pivot axis is slidingly displaceable along part of the toggle roughly parallel to the length. The pivot-and-slide engagement configuration links the toggle to as to rotate together with the headless bolt about an axis parallel to the direction of extension. The result is a toggle bolt which can be switched between an insertion/removal state and a locked state by simply turning the headless bolt through a half-turn about its axis. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090208310 | Anchoring device - An anchoring device includes an insertion member having a trough-shaped trunk and a pocket provided at the front end of the trunk. A plate nut is inserted in the pocket and formed with a threaded hole at its portion protruding from the pocket. A seat member is fitted around the trunk. An engaging rib is formed on the inner surface of the seat member. A plurality of steps are formed on the outer surface of the trunk and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the trunk. When the seat member is moved toward the front end of the trunk, the engaging rib engages the respective steps one after another, thereby preventing the seat member from moving toward the rear end of the trunk. Any step nearer to the rear end of the trunk is smaller than any step nearer to the front end of the trunk. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100202853 | Fastening device for mounting on a mounting rail - A fastening device ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110150601 | Mounting System and Method - A mounting system, comprising an insertion component configured to be partially inserted into but not through a hole in a first panel of a wall assembly with an elongated anchor having a hub and at least one anchor tab. An elastic holding member is configured to connect the insertion component and the anchor and the anchor located on a first side of a first panel is configured to be inserted through the insertion component opening defining the hole in the first panel. The holding member pulls the insertion component and the anchor toward each other when the insertion component and the anchor are located on opposite sides of the first panel and separated by approximately a first panel thickness. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110274513 | SECURING STRUCTURE WITH URGED FASTENER - An exemplary securing structure includes a base, a fastener, and a spring mounted around the fastener. The base defines a through hole, and two slots located adjacent to and communicating with the securing hole. Two barriers are formed at a bottom of the base corresponding to the slots. A gap is defined between the bottom surface and each of the barriers. The fastener includes a head, a bolt, and two blocks extending outwardly from a periphery of the bolt corresponding to the slots, respectively. When the bolt is extended through the securing hole with the blocks extending through the slots until the blocks are received in the gaps, the fastener is then rotatable to cause the block to escape from the gap and abut on the bottom surface of the base, with the spring resiliently compressed between the head of the fastener and a top side of the base. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20140271031 | Wall fastener and methods for its use - Overcoming all typical limitations of fasteners, disclosed is a fully-reusable, non-deforming, precise position, drywall fastener for heavy-weight items that works by anchoring to outside of a drywall panel using a drywall hole reinforced hollow cutter bar and a precise-fit pin wall body with outside rims, while fastener anchors beneath drywall panel by a manual pivoting of fastener locking arms hinged to pin wall body. Advancement of a threaded locking bolt through a center hole of pin wall body reversibly wedges apart shoulders of locking arms to cause their lateral pivoting and then locking without over-tightening fastener parts or damaging drywall. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140314516 | FASTENER FOR SECURING TOGETHER TWO PANELS - A fastener is provided for securing a first panel to a second panel. The fastener includes a stud insertable through apertures in the first and second panels. The fastener further includes a pivoting handle assembly with a handle operatively connected to a stud head and pivotal between an upright position generally perpendicular to the first panel, and a folded position generally parallel to the first panel. A biasing mechanism is connected to the stud head and the handle that biases the handle outward relative to the stud head. A locking pin is connected to the stud head and the handle and is in connection with the biasing mechanism to hold the handle in the upright position or the folded. position. A fastener is also provided for securing together the first and second panels, including a grommet, a receptacle and an insert in threaded engagement with an interior of the receptacle. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150110574 | Anchor Assembly with Toggle for Hollow Walls - An anchor assembly (A) for hollow walls comprises an anchor body ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 411345000 | And pivoted retention means | 4 |
| 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 configuration, the wall anchor is insertable into and removable from the wall aperture, and, when the retention element is in the expanded configuration and the body is operationally extending through the wall aperture, the retention element cooperates with the body to attach the wall anchor to the wall; and an actuator operatively coupled to the retention element for selectively moving the retention element between the expanded and retracted configurations. Inserting the wall anchor through the wall aperture with the retention element in the retracted configuration and subsequently using the actuator to move the retention element to the expanded configuration attaches the wall anchor to the wall. Using the actuator to move the retention element from the expanded configuration to the retracted configuration with the wall anchor attached to the wall allows for the removal of the wall anchor from the wall aperture to detach the wall anchor from the wall. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110170981 | WALL FASTENING ASSEMBLY - A fastening assembly for retaining an object to a wall having a hole extending therethrough, including an elongated flexible planar retaining strap and a elongated rigid anchoring member which is mounted adjacent to the distal end of the retaining strap so it normal assumes a position generally perpendicular to the retaining strap. The retaining strap is flexible and can be manipulated and bent relative to the anchoring member to permit the anchoring member and retaining strap to be inserted through the hole in the wall and pulled against the back of the wall. The object to held is preferably locked onto the retaining strap on the first side of the wall, by a second anchoring member in order to retain the object against the wall. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20130223952 | Wall mounted anchor assembly with reinforcing insert - A wall mounted anchor assembly in the form of a metal toggle bolt on which there is slidably received onto the metal shank portion a reinforcing plug insert which positions itself within the aperture drilled in the hollow wall for acceptance of the anchor assembly, the reinforcing plug insert insuring that the shank portion of the toggle bolt and the toggle bolt itself are centered within the hole after tightening. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140154028 | Scisssors type expansion bolt - A scissors type expansion bolt is provided with a threaded bolt; two bars each including a concave jaw put on the threaded bolt; a pivot driven through intermediate portions of the bars and one end of the threaded bolt to pivotably secure the bars and the threaded bolt together; a threaded fastener put on an other end of the threaded bolt; and a sleeve put on the threaded bolt and disposed between the bars and the nut. In response to rotating the threaded fastener toward the bars, the sleeve opens the bars. | 06-05-2014 |
