Striker for use with a vehicle latch

Claim 1

In a striker mountable on a vehicle frame member and engageable with a latching device, the combination of, an elongated keeper pin of predetermined diameter extending outwardly from the frame member for engagement with the latching device, sleeve means telescoped onto said pin, a head formed separately of said pin and fastened to the outer end of the pin to prevent the sleeve means from sliding off the outer end of the pin, a threaded cylindrical shank of larger diameter than said pin formed integrally with and extending inwardly of the pin and adapted to be threaded into the frame member, a driving portion of noncircular cross section disposed between and formed integrally with said pin and said shank, an enlarged washer formed with a hole having a shape correlated with the cross section of said driving portion, said washer being telescoped nonrotatably onto said driving portion and disposed between said pin and said shank for engagement with the outer side of the frame member, a shoulder located between said pin and said driving portion and engageable with said washer to prevent the latter from sliding outwardly along said pin and engageable with said sleeve means to prevent the latter from sliding inwardly along said pin, the thread on said shank engaging said washer prior to engagement of the latter with the frame member and preventing the washer from sliding inwardly along the shank, and means on said washer for coacting with a driving tool for turning the washer to thread said shank into the frame member.