Joining device for structures

Claim 1

A FASTENER ASSEMBLY FOR JOINING TWO MEMBERS TOGETHER, THE FASTENER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING; (A) A STRIKE PORTION DEFINING AN INTERNALLY THREADED APERTURE, (B) A LATCH PORTION COMPRISING A BODY, THE BODY HAVING A SURFACE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE STRIKE, A SLEEVE RETAINER OPPOSITELY DISPOSED FROM THE STRIKE ENGAGING SURFACE AND RIGIDLY MOUNTED TO THE BODY, THE SLEEVE REATINER DEFINING AN ACCESS APERTURE AND A RETAINING MEANS REMOTELY DISPOSED FROM SAID STRIKE RETAINING SURFACE, A SLEEVE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SLEEVE RETAINER SAID SLEEVE DEFINING A GENERALLY CENTRALLY DISPOSED APERTURE, THE WALLS OF SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED APERTURE HAVING A CONFIGURATION ADAPTING TO ENGAGE A SCREW HEAD, THE SLEEVE HAVING A BODY ENGAGING SURFACE AND BEING ROTATABLY RETAINED WITHIN THE SLEEVE RETAINER AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE ABOUT AN AXIS NORMAL TO THE STRIKE ENGAGING SURFACE, A SLEEVE ROTATING MEANS OPERABLE FROM A DIRECTION GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE SLEEVE, A SCREW DISPOSED WITHIN THE SLEEVE, THE SCREW HAVING AN END PORTION DISPOSED REMOTELY FROM THE STRIKE ENGAGING SURFACE, THE HEAD PORTION ADAPTED TO SLIDE WITHIN AND BE ROTATED BY THE SLEEVE, AND MEANS TO RESILIENTLY URGE THE SCREW IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STRIKE ENGAGING SURFACE.