Industrial fastener with flexible leaf
CA 1302132 C · Owner: Southco, Inc. · Inventors: Pufpaff, Frederick James; Macfee, Frederick Jarvie Jr.
Overview
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A fastener particularly adapted to retain a screw comprises a sheet metal body member. A double-sided adhesive tape may be adhered to one face of the metal member. The metal member is a unitary member having a top flexible leaf portion with a screw impression to receive and retain a screw a "U", shaped connecting portion, a bottom plate portion having a clearance hole to guide the screw, and a cone-shaped ring-like raised portion around the clearance hole. The cone portion may telescope into the screw impression dome to reinforce the dome. Three tabs project from the bottom face of the bottom leaf and project through the tape.
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- Granted June 2, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 2, 2009.
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