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US 2014/0227061 A1Published application
Hardware attachment system
OwnerJames Michael Plattinventor
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Abstract
A system for attaching an article of hardware to another article made of wood, particle board, plastic or fiberglass. The article of hardware is provided with at least one through hole and the article of hardware is fixed to the other article by a screw that extends through a through hole into the article of hardware. A head of the screw is fixed to the article of hardware by threads located on a tapered shank of the screw.
Claims20
A system for attaching a hardware device to an article comprising:
- a hardware device that is provided with at least one through hole surrounded by a wall, at least a portion of the wall being a tapered wall;
- an article comprising a material selected from the group consisting of wood, particle board, plastic and fiberglass;
- a threaded fastener comprising a shaft with a tapered shank located at one end of the shaft and a point located at the other end of the shaft, a head of the threaded fastener adjoining the shank, the shaft is provided with a thread and the shank is provided with a thread;
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- the threaded fastener extending through the through hole in the hardware device and into the article with the shaft of the threaded fastener interlocked with the article by the thread on the shaft and the tapered shank of the threaded fastener interlocked with the tapered wall of the through hole of the hardware device by the thread on the tapered shank of the threaded fastener.
2 more elements
A system for attaching a hardware device to an article comprising:
- a hardware device that is provided with at least one through hole surrounded by a wall, at least a portion of the wall being a tapered wall;
- an article comprising a material selected from the group consisting of wood, particle board, plastic and fiberglass;
- a threaded fastener comprising a shaft with a tapered shank located at one end of the shaft and a point located at the other end of the shaft, a head of the threaded fastener adjoining the shank, the shank is provided with a self tapping thread cutting thread and the shaft is provided with a thread that is not a self tapping thread cutting thread
- the threaded fastener extending through the through hole in the hardware device and into the article whereby the thread on the tapered shank of the threaded fastener cuts threads in the tapered wall of the through hole of the hardware device when the threaded fastener is advanced into the article by rotating the threaded fastener and the shaft of the threaded fastener is interlocked with the article by the thread on the shaft and the tapered shank of the threaded fastener is interlocked with the tapered wall of the through hole of the hardware device by the thread on the tapered shank of the threaded fastener and the thread cut in the tapered wall of the through hole of the hardware device.
1 more element
A system for attaching a hardware device to an article comprising:
- a hardware device that is provided with at least one through hole surrounded by a wall, at least a portion of the wall being a tapered wall that is provided with a thread;
- an article comprising a material selected from the group consisting of wood, particle board, plastic and fiberglass;
- a threaded fastener comprising a shaft with a tapered shank located at one end of the shaft and a point located at the other end of the shaft, a head of the threaded fastener adjoining the shank, the shaft is provided with a thread and the shank is provided with a thread that is complementary to the thread of the tapered wall of the through hole of the hardware device;
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- the threaded fastener extending through the through hole in the hardware device and into the article with the shaft of the threaded fastener interlocked with the article by the thread on the shaft and the tapered shank of the threaded fastener interlocked with the thread of the tapered wall of the through hole of the hardware device.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.