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US 6,662,511 B1Granted
Devices and methods for securing an object to a first structure through a hole in a second structure
OwnerLouis Karl Altyinventor
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OwnerLouis Karl Altyinventor
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A device is provided which enables an object such as a window protection device to be secured to a structure, where the device passes through a hole in one or more structures located between the object, and the structure to which attachment is desired. The device can be screwed, or otherwise attached, to wood structural framing which is concealed beneath veneer, such as bricks and other masonry. The other end of the device receives a tool which allows such an installation, and also the removal of the device. The other end also receives a fastener, such as a bolt, which secures the material or the track to the end of the device, the end of the device being substantially flush with the exterior veneer surface. The end of the device is flared to seal the hole in the veneer and increase the stability of the device in the hole.
In combination with a veneer wall having wood frame structure surrounding a window opening, the wood frame structure being behind the veneer portion of the veneer wall, a device for attaching a sheet of material to such wood frame structure through holes bored in the veneer portion of the veneer wall such that substantially all the load of the sheet of material is supported by the device, the device comprising an elongated member, the member having a first end and a second end, the member first end having threads for attaching the member to the wood frame structure, the member second end having a taper having a diameter increasing away from the member first end, the taper substantially closing the bored hole in the veneer wall when the first end is screwed into the wood frame structure, the member second end further having an interior, the member second end interior being shaped and sized for receiving a fastener within the member second end interior, the member second end interior also being shaped and sized to receive a tool, such that the member is rotatable, in either direction, by manipulation of the received tool.
In combination with a veneer wall having wood frame structure surrounding a window opening, the wood frame structure being behind the veneer portion of the veneer wall, a device for attaching a sheet of material to such wood frame structure through holes bored in the veneer portion of the veneer wall such that substantially all the load of the sheet of material is supported by the device, the device comprising:
A method for attaching one or more objects to a first structure where a second structure is between the first structure and the one or more objects, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.