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US 4,543,024 AGranted
Combined washer and cotter pin anti-snag device
OwnerJohn Hackneyinventor
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Abstract
A combined washer and cotter pin anti-snag device comprises a base portion, a raised portion integral with the base portion, a transverse hole in the raised portion through which a fastener is adapted to extend, and a longitudinal hole in the raised portion above the base portion through which a cotter pin is adapted to extend so that the legs of the cotter pin may be passed through the fastener and then be spread apart above the base portion.
Claims6
A combined washer and cotter pin anti-snag device comprising:
- a base portion having an approximately rectangular section and an integral approximately trapezodial section,
- a raised portion integral with said base portion which has:
- a V-shaped section substantially conterminous with the outer edges of said trapezodial section,
- a U-shaped section substantially conterminous with part of the outer edges of said rectangular section,
- a central section integrally joined at one side to said V-shaped section and at the opposite side to said U-shaped section,
- a transverse hole in said central section through which a fastener is adapted to extend, and
- a longitudinal hole in said central section above said base portion through which a cotter pin is adapted to extend so that the legs of said cotter pin may be spread apart against the inside surfaces of said V-shaped section.
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