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US 6,241,445 B1Granted
Asymmetric bevel corrugated fastener
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorKent B. Godsted
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Abstract
A corrugated fastener having an asymmetrically corrugated body member with more corrugations protruding from one face of the body member than from an opposite face thereof, and a leading edge on one end of the body member, the leading edge formed by at least one beveled surface and skewed toward the face of the body member having more corrugations protruding therefrom.
Claims21
A corrugated fastener comprising:
- a body member having opposite faces;
- a plurality of ribs protruding from only one face of the body member;
- a leading edge on the body member having a single beveled surface disposed on the face of the body member opposite from the face thereof having the ribs protruding therefrom, wherein each rib has an arcuate profile as viewed from the leading edge.
A corrugated fastener comprising:
- an asymmetrically corrugated body member having more corrugations protruding from one face of the body member than from an opposite face thereof;
- a leading edge on an end of the body member opposite a trailing end thereof,
- the leading edge skewed toward the face of the body member having more corrugations protruding therefrom.
A corrugated fastener comprising:
- a corrugated body member having more corrugations protruding from one face of the body member than from an opposite face thereof;
- a leading edge on the body member formed at least partly by a predominant bevel on the face of the body member opposite the face thereof having more corrugations protruding therefrom.
A corrugated fastener comprising:
- a body member having opposite faces;
- at least three ribs protruding from only one face of the body member;
- a leading edge on the body member having a single beveled surface disposed on the face of the body member opposite from the face thereof having the ribs protruding therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.