Fastener support, coupled fastener, and manufacturing method of fastener support

A coupled fastener that couples a plurality of fastener supports each of which supports a fastener, the coupled fastener comprising:

• a plate-shaped member having a first portion which is a lower portion and a second portion which is an upper portion;
• a first tab erected from the first portion and having a first support portion that detachably supports a first position of the fastener in front of the plate-shaped member;
• and
• a second tab erected from a lower end of the second portion and having a second support portion that detachably supports a second position above the first position of the fastener in front of the plate-shaped member,
• wherein the first portion has a first opening, which is connected to a lower end and an upper end of the first portion, and through which the second tab is allowed to pass in a case where the second tab is rotated about the lower end of the second portion as a fulcrum,
• wherein the second portion has a second opening, which is connected to an upper end of the first opening at the lower end of the second portion, and which allows at least a part of a fastener head portion of the fastener from the second position of the fastener to be visually recognized from the rear,
• wherein the first tab includes a pair of first leg portions that are erected from the first portion with the first opening interposed therebetween and connect the first support portion to the first portion,
• wherein the second tab includes a pair of second leg portions that are erected from the lower end of the second portion with the second opening interposed therebetween and connect the second support portion to the second portion, and
• wherein a plurality of the fastener supports are provided in a state in which the first portion of one of adjacent fastener supports is coupled to the first portion of the other of the adjacent fastener supports, and the second portion of the one of the adjacent fastener supports is coupled to the second portion of the other of the adjacent fastener supports.

A manufacturing method of a fastener support, comprising:

• forming a plate-shaped original member having an upper end edge, a lower end edge, and a first side end edge and a second side end edge that connect the upper end edge to the lower end edge;
• forming a first cut, a second cut and an opening in the original member,
• the first cut connecting a first position that is closer to the upper end edge than to the lower end edge and closer to the first side end edge than to the second side end edge to a relay position that is closer to the lower end edge than to the upper end edge,
• the second cut connecting a second position that is closer to the upper end edge than to the lower end edge and closer to the second side end edge than to the first side end edge to the relay position, and
• the opening being located between the first position and the second position;
• providing a first tab by using a first virtual straight line passing through a position on the first cut closer to the relay position than to the first position and a position on the second cut closer to the relay position than to the second position as a crease and bending a portion of the original member including the lower end edge such that the portion is erected from the other portion, the first tab having a first support portion formed to be able to detachably support the first position of a fastener in front of the other portion;
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• providing a second tab by using a second virtual straight line passing through a position on the first cut closer to the first position than to the relay position and a position on the second cut closer to the second position than to the relay position and passing through the opening as a crease and bending a portion of the original member surrounded by the first cut and the second cut such that the portion is erected from the other portion, the second tab having a second support portion formed to be able to detachably support the second position of the fastener above the first position in front of the other portion.