Apparatus and method of manufacturing and collating a plurality of adjacent fasteners
AssigneeMaster Fasteners International, Inc.
InventorChristopher T. Miller
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AssigneeMaster Fasteners International, Inc.
InventorChristopher T. Miller
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A collation strip of a plurality of adjacent fasteners interlocked together by a pair of protuberances and a pair of indentations. Each fastener has two protuberances located on one side and two corresponding and aligned indentations located on the other side, wherein the two protuberances of each fastener respectively engaged with the two indentations of an adjacent fastener, thereby interlocking two adjacent fasteners together. In a broader embodiment, each fastener has at least one protuberance located on one side and at least one corresponding and aligned indentation located on the other side wherein the at least one protuberance of each fastener respectively engages with the at least one indentation of an adjacent fastener, thereby interlocking two adjacent fasteners together.
A collation strip having a plurality of adjacent fasteners, each fastener comprising:
A collation strip having a plurality of adjacent fasteners, each fastener comprising:
A collation strip having a plurality of adjacent fasteners, each fastener comprising:
A collation strip having a plurality of adjacent fasteners, each fastener comprising:
A collation strip having at least two adjacent fasteners, each fastener comprising:
The collation strip in accordance with claim, 8, wherein said each fastener further has another protuberance located remote from the at least one protuberance and another indentation located remote from the at least one indentation and correspondingly aligned with the another protuberance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.