Fastener assembly

Details Fastener assembly Fastener assembly

2006-10-23

2009-10-20

Estremsky, Gary (Department: 3677)

Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr

Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure

Prefabricated assembly comprising strip or sheet member...

C411S104000, C411S553000

Reexamination Certificate

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07604444

ABSTRACT:
A fastener assembly is disclosed for securing an object to channel framing. One embodiment of the assembly includes an elongate body such as a nut which engages inside faces of the framing at opposite sides of a slot in the framing, a washer spaced from the nut which engages outside faces of the framing at opposite sides of the slot, and a spring interposed between and connecting the nut and the washer for generating a force holding the washer and nut in clamping engagement with respective faces of the framing prior to securing an object to the framing.

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Unistrut, Kwik Washer, Unistrut Website, 4 pages.
RapidSTRUT catalog, Flexible Railsystem for all applications, issue Jan. 2002, 4 pages, United Kingdom.

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