Two-way fastener and method
AssigneeRobert W. Connors
InventorRobert W. Connors
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Abstract
A two-way fastener includes a first member threaded for being screwed into a first workpiece; a polygonal wall for receiving a tool to screw the first member into the first workpiece, the polygonal wall located at a base end of the first member; and a second member extending in an opposite fastening direction from the first member, the second member configured to be fastened to a second workpiece. A fastening method includes enabling the threading of a first member of a fastener into a first workpiece; and enabling the threading of a second workpiece to a second member extending outwardly from the first member and the first workpiece.
Claims18
A two-way fastener comprising:
- a first member threaded for being screwed into a first workpiece;
- a polygonal wall including an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface for receiving a tool to screw the first member into the first workpiece, the polygonal wall located at a base end of the first member;
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- a second member extending in an opposite fastening direction from the first member, the second member configured to be fastened to a second workpiece, the inner and outer surfaces enabling the second workpiece to be pierced by the polygonal wall.
A two-way fastener comprising:
- a first member configured to be fastened to a first workpiece;
- a polygonal wall including an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface for receiving a tool to fasten the first member to the first workpiece, the polygonal wall located at a base end of the first member;
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- a second member extending in an opposite fastening direction from the first member, the second member configured to be fastened to a second workpiece, the second member sized to fit within the tool used to screw the first member into the first workpiece, and the inner and outer surfaces enabling the second workpiece to be pierced by the polygonal wall.
A method for making a fastener for fastening first and second workpieces, the method comprising:
- forming a polygonal wall at a base end of a first member, the polygonal wall extending in an opposite direction from the first member, the polygonal wall including an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface shaped to receive a tool to fasten the first member to the first workpiece, wherein the tool is able to fit over a second member of the fastener;
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- forming the second member to extend in an opposite direction from the first member and the first workpiece, wherein the inner and outer surfaces enable the second workpiece to be pierced by the polygonal wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.