Fastener
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsEdward Robert Brandt, Bryan Robert Piendel, Geronimo E. Lat, Samuel F. Collura
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Abstract
A corrugated-typed fastener configured to couple a first substrate to a second substrate includes a bridge and a plurality of ribs, the ribs having a plurality of flutes. The flutes, and possibly the ribs, may be angled inwardly to form an apex disposed within the width of the fastener and pointing towards a center of the fastener. The ribs may extend outward from the bridge towards opposing ends of the fastener, and the ends may be at a different height than the bridge when viewing the fastener from the side. Alternatively, the ends may be at the same height as the bridge and also may be generally centered on the height of the fastener.
Claims21
A corrugated fastener, comprising:
- a bridge having two opposing sides;
- a plurality of ribs extending outward from said opposing sides of said bridge along a length of said fastener;
- and
- a substantially planar first end extending outward from a first of said plurality of ribs and a substantially planar second end extending outward from a second of said plurality of ribs, the first end and the second end disposed on said opposing sides of said bridge, wherein said bridge is disposed at a different location along a height of the fastener than said first end and said second end,
- wherein at least one rib on each of said opposing sides includes a plurality of flutes with a first flute and a second flute, said plurality of flutes angled inwardly towards a center of said fastener,
- wherein said first end and said second end are substantially aligned with one of said plurality of ribs.
A fastener, comprising:
- a bridge;
- a first rib extending outward from a first end of said bridge and a second rib extending outward from a second end of said bridge;
- said fastener having a height, a first end disposed outward from said first rib and a second end disposed outward from said second rib, wherein said bridge is disposed at a different location along said height than said first end and said second end.
A fastener, comprising:
- a bridge;
- a first plurality of ribs extending outward from a first end of said bridge and a second plurality of ribs extending outward from a second end of said bridge;
- said first plurality of ribs comprising a first rib and a second rib;
- wherein said first rib comprises a first time and a second time, said first time and said second time converging at an apex;
- wherein at least one of said first time and said second time angle inwards towards a center of said fastener;
- wherein said second rib comprises a first time and a second time that are substantially aligned with one another;
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- wherein said bridge is disposed at a different location along a height of the fastener than said first end and said second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.