Self-locking pin

Claim 1

MEANS TO FIT INTO TWO ALIGNED UNIFORM BORES OF A GIVEN DIAMETER IN TWO RESPECTIVE CONTIGUOUS MEMBERS FOR SOLELY FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TWO MEMBERS TO INTERCONNECT THE TWO MEMBERS, COMPRISING: A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID, HEADLESS, SMOOTH PIN OF UNIFORM DIAMETER DIMENSIONED IN DIAMETER TO SLIDE INTO THE TWO BORES, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE PIN BEING CHAMFERED, SAID PIN HAVING AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINAL GROOVE EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID PIN AND CUTTING INTO BOTH OF THE CHAMFERS; AND AN ELONGATED RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE INSERT SEATED IN SAID GROOVE LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY RADIALLY OF THE PIN BEYOND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE PIN, THE OVERALL CROSS DIMENSION OF THE PIN AND THE INSERT MATERIAL BEING GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE TWO BORES PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE PIN IN THE TWO BORES WHEREBY FORCING THE PIN INTO THE TWO BORES RESILIENTLY DEFORMS THE INSERT TO CREATE FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE TO WITHDRAWAL OF THE PIN FROM THE TWO BORES, SAID INSERT BEING AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE DIAMETER OF THE PIN AND RESILIENTLY CONTRACTIBLE IN WIDTH BOTH RADIALLY OF THE PIN AND TANGENTIALLY OF THE PIN, THE UNRESTRAINED DIMENSION OF THE INSERT ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE GROOVE BEING GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE GROOVE WHEREBY THE GROOVE COMPRESSES THE INSERT TO FRICTIONALLY RETAIN THE INSERT WHEN THE PIN IS TRANSPORTED AND HANDLED PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE PIN, THE TWO ENDS OF THE INSERT TERMINATING SHORT OF THE TWO ENDS OF THE PINS TO FACILITATE INSERTION OF THE PIN INTO THE TWO BORES.