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US 2019/0093337 A1Published application
Undercut anchor, undercut anchor manufacturing method, and anchoring method
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsStanley J. Cabaj, Tomasz Sikora
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides an undercut anchor including an attachment barrel and a cylindrical plug positioned in and moveable in the attachment barrel. The attachment barrel includes a cylindrical body, an outer rim extending outwardly and away from a bottom end of the body, and a plurality of independently pivotable gripping arms extending from a top end of the body.
Claims15
An undercut anchor comprising:
- (a) an attachment barrel including:
- (i) a cylindrical body;
- (ii) an outer rim extending outwardly from a bottom end of the body;
- and
- (iii) a plurality of independently pivotable gripping arms extending from a top end of the body, each gripping arm including:
- (a) a connector,
- (b) a ramp connected to the connector, and
- (c) a hook connected to the ramp;
- and
- (b) a cylindrical plug positioned in and moveable in the attachment barrel.
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An undercut anchor comprising:
- an attachment barrel including:
- a cylindrical body;
- an outer rim integrally connected to and extending outwardly and away from a bottom end of the body;
- and
- a plurality of independently pivotable gripping arms integrally connected to and extending from a top end of the body, each pivotable gripping arm including:
- a connector integrally connected to the body;
- a ramp integrally connected to the connector and having an inner sloped surface;
- and
- a hook integrally connected to the ramp, each hook including a shank, and a barb integrally connected to and extending radially from the shank;
- and
- a cylindrical plug positioned in and moveable in the attachment barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.