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US 7,802,344 B2Granted
Affixable plastic shim
AssigneeHandi-Shim, LLC
InventorEdward Watts
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Abstract
A plastic shim that has a hole for fixing the shim to a wide variety of objects. The shim may also be breakable for use with smaller applications, while also being usable for larger applications without breaking. In a preferred embodiment, each of the breakable sections has a hole for a screw or nail, so that each of the breakable sections is separately affixable.
Claims17
A shim comprising:
- a body having first and second faces, the body being formed at least from a plastic material;
- at least one break line formed in the body along the first face, the body being breakable along a first break line of the at least one break line, in order to form a first shim smaller than the body and also at least one further shim smaller than the body;
- wherein the body includes at least one hole,
- wherein the at least one break line and the at least one hole are non- intersecting;
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- a wedge-shaped part formed in the body along a second break line of the at least one break line, the second break line being substantially perpendicular to the first break line, the body being cleanly breakable along the second break line to separate the wedge-shaped part from the rest of the body.
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A shim comprising:
- a body having first and second faces, the body being formed at least from a plastic material;
- at least one break line formed in the body along the first face, the body being breakable along a first break line of the at least one break line in order to form a first shim smaller than the body and also at least one further shim smaller than the body;
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- a wedge-shaped part formed in the body along a second break line of the at least one break line, the second break line being substantially perpendicular to the first break line, the body being cleanly breakable along the second break line to separate the wedge-shaped part from the rest of the body.
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