Sheet metal fastener with an angularly oriented screw receiving body portion

Claim 1

A FASTENING DEVICE RECEIVABLE IN AN OPENING IN A SUPPORTING PLATE AND COMPRISING: A BODY PORTION GREATER IN WIDTH THAN SAID OPENING IN SAID SUPPORTING PLATE AND HAVING ONE END THEREOF ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SUPPORTING PLATE, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A THREAD RECEIVING IMPRESSION FORMED OUT OF THE SURFACE THEREOF AND HAVING AN AXIS NORMAL TO SAID BODY PORTION TO RECEIVE A THREADED FASTENER; AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE FROM SAID BODY PORTION AND TOWARD SAID SUPPORTING PLATE AND SPACING THE OTHER END OF SAID BODY PORTION MORE DISTANT FROM SAID SUPPORTING PLATE THAN SAID END OF SAID BODY PORTION ENGAGING SAID SUPPORTING PLATE; A PAIR OF LEGS EXTENDING FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SUPPORTING PLATE AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE ONE SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORTING PLATE; A LOWER TAB MEMBER EXTENDING FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND BETWEEN SAID LEGS AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID OPENING IN SAID SUPPORTING PLATE AND ENGAGE THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORTING PLATE FROM SAID LEGS; AND AN UPPER PORTION EXTENDING FROM SAID BODY PORTION AND FROM THE END OPPOSITE SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION, SAID UPPER PORTION BEING NARROWER IN WIDTH THAN SAID BODY PORTION AND SAID OPENING AND ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING, SAID UPPER PORTION COMPRISING AN EDGE HAVING A TAB EXTENDING THEREFROM, A PART OF SAID UPPER PORTION INCLUDING SAID EDGE BEING TWISTED TO POSITION SAID EDGE AT AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO A LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE THROUGH SAID BODY PORTION AND BEING INCLINED OUT OF THE PLANE OF SAID UPPER PORTION TOWARD SAID BODY PORTION TO PROVIDE AN ANGULAR EDGE FOR ENGAGING THE EDGE OF SAID OPENING IN SAID SUPPORTING PLATE AND LOCATE SAID FASTENING DEVICE IN SAID OPENING AND RETAIN SAID FASTENING DEVICE IN SAID SUPPORTING PLATE.