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US 12,146,517 B2Granted
Self-sealing fastener
AssigneeAltenloh, Brinck & Co. US, Inc.
InventorsJason R. Wigboldy, Mitchell B. Mahler
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Abstract
A self-sealing fastener for securing a building component to a framing member, such as securing a sheathing layer over which is disposed a barrier layer to a framing member, includes a fastener with a shank and a head, and a rubberized coating surrounding at least a portion of the shank of the fastener. The rubberized coating is designed to peel back from the shank and accumulate at least around the shank and/or head upon insertion into the wall assembly, thereby sealing off an entry of the self-sealing fastener into the barrier layer and sheathing layer.
Claims7
A self-sealing fastener comprising:
- a shank and a head, said head comprising an upper side and an underside and a circular outer periphery, with said shank having a circular cross section and said head extending radially outwardly relative to said shank about the entire circumference of said shank;
- wherein said head has a thickness along the radial extension of said head relative to said shank with said thickness of said head at said shank being greater than said thickness of said head at the outer periphery of said head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.