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US 12,540,640 B2Granted
Threaded fastener and connector
AssigneeProcess Displays
InventorRick Anderson
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Abstract
A screw includes a head having and a stem with spaced apart threads. The thread of the thread of the screw includes flat spots and sloped section, and is sized, such that it can securing attach through a hole in the pegboard without damaging the hole despite the thread being wider than the hole.
Claims9
A fastener for insertion into a hole, comprising:
- a head;
- a stem depending from the head and having a longitudinal and a transverse axis;
- a thread around the stem having a variable as measured along the transverse axis of the stem, where the thread has a variable width as measured along the longitudinal axis of the stem and where a first side of the thread has a constant curved radius, and an opposite second side has a variable radius comprised of a plurality of flat edges with a peak therebetween, and the thread has an upper and a lower sloped section that are staggered relative to each other and the upper and lower sloped sections and the flat edges are on the second side of the thread, and where the upper and lower sloped section are located completely above and below one of the plurality of flat sections, and where the upper and lower slope sections are staggered such that there is no overlap along the transverse axis between the two.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.