Ratchet-securable toggle retainer
OwnerAlfred A. Shamahinventor
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Abstract
In combination with a conventional toggle fastener adapted for insertion into and to secure behind a blind entry, a ratchet assembly adapted to retain the toggle fastener in the blind entry and to adjust for the depth of such entry, the ratchet assembly comprising at least one ratchet bar and a cooperating ratchet retainer adapted to slide on the ratchet bar. Excess length of the ratchet bar is removed to permit a conventional screw fastener to be engaged through the blind entry to the toggle wing assembly. The ratchet bar may be comprised of a ribbed construction, such as a saw-toothed surface, or a sequence of retaining openings therein.
Claims4
A toggle fastener, comprising:
- (a) toggle wings,
- (b) a trunnion nut, said trunnion nut hingedly securing said toggle wings,
- (c) a screw element,
- (d) ratchet-retaining means for securing the toggle wings to a wall,
- (e) said ratchet-retaining means comprising at least one ratchet-securing member and a retainer,
- (f) said ratchet-securing member extending between the trunnion nut and a wall-hole and engaging said trunnion nut to orient said trunnion nut with respect to the wall-hole,
- (g) said retainer being adjustably securable to said ratchet-securing member on the opposite side of the wall-hole from said toggle wings,
- (h) whereby said toggle wings are secured to the wall by said ratchet-securing member and said retainer, and the trunnion nut is axially aligned with the wall-hole by said ratchet-securing member for engagement with the screw element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.