Bolt
OwnerMark Doye, Daniel Hardinghaminventors
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Abstract
A bolt for securing timber to any other material, comprises: a bolt head with a series of spiked teeth on its underside; a cylindrical bolt rod extending from the bolt head is threaded and split into two rods at its free end, so as to define a slot therebetween. In use a user drills a hole through pieces of timber to be secured together, and hammers the bolt through the hole. The spiked teeth on the bolt head lock into the timber, securing the bolt at one end. At the free, split end of the bolt rod, a washer and nut are tightened onto the bolt. A cold chisel is hammered into the slot between the split ends of the rod, bending the ends outwards and thus preventing the nut from loosening.
Claims17
1-40. (canceled)
A bolt has a head, a surface area of which is at least 49×10−6 m2, and a shaft for receiving a nut, at least a portion of which shaft is threaded and at least one engagement means is formed on an underside of the head of the bolt, the at least one engagement means being formed integrally with the head of the bolt by cutting and folding at least one shaped portion thereof, so as to define a scoop-shaped claw or tooth, the at least one engagement means being at least 2 mm in height so as to engage with a piece of timber and thereby provide optimum purchase with the piece of timber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.