Selectively repositionable fastener

Claim 1

A fastener for rigidly connecting a pair of abutting structural members comprising: a. a first fastener member having a support flange with a planar mounting surface contacting and attached to one of said structural members, an enlarged connecting portion extending from one end of said member, said connecting portion having two parallel spaced legs defining a slot therebetween, each of said legs having planar opposing sides defining two walls of said slot, said opposing sides extending transverse to said mounting surface, a primary locking surface connecting and extending between said opposing sides, said primary locking surface being transverse to said mounting surface and transverse to said opposing sides, a plurality of secondary locking surfaces formed on each of said legs, one of said locking surfaces being formed on the extremity of each of said legs, said one secondary locking surface extending transverse to said mounting surface and transverse to said opposing surfaces, a second secondary locking surface being formed on each of said legs in a spaced parallel relationship to said mounting surface, said legs having a width corresponding to the width of said slot, first and second aligned bores passing respectively through said legs and extending through said first and second opposing surfaces; b. a second fastener member identical in construction to said first fastener member with the support flange of said second fastener member attached to a second structural member, one of the legs of said second fastener member inserted into the slot on said first fastener member while one of the legs of said first fastener member is inserted into the slot of said second fastener member, one of the secondary locking surfaces of said second fastener member abutting the primary locking surface of said first fastener member and one of the secondary locking surfaces of said first fastener member abutting the primary locking surface of said second fastener member, the aligned bores of said first fastener member being aligned with the bores of said second fastener member; and c. a locking pin means inserted through said bores on said first and second fastener members thereby holding said first and second members in a fixed immovable relationship.

Claim 3

A device for fastening a pair of abutting structural members comprising: a. first and second identical fastening members, each said fastening member comprising a base section adapted to be attached to a structural member and at least two leg means extending therefrom and spaced by a slot which is formed from first and second opposed spaced surfaces of adjacent leg means which are joined by a slot base which carries a primary locking surface, said first and second opposed spaced surfaces having aligned first and second apertures, respectively, passing therethrough, said leg means of each of said fastening members being shaped to mate in a slot between leg means of the other fastener member, each of said leg means having a secondary locking surface adapted to rest firmly in a fixed abutting relationship with a primary locking surface of the other said fastener member and having a bore passing therethrough which is positioned to align with said first and second apertures in said first and second opposed spaced surfaces of adjacent leg means of the other said fastening member to thereby form a pin channel through all leg means of said first and second fastener members when a leg means of one said fastener member is mated in a slot of the other said fastener member; and b. a locking pin means for extending through said pin channel to thereby hold said first and second fastener members in a fixed immovable relationship.

Claim 4

A device for fastening a pair of abutting structural members comprising: a. first and second identical fastening members, each said fastening member comprising a base section adapted to be attached to a structural member and at least two leg means extending therefrom and spaced by a slot which is formed from first and second opposed spaced surfaces of adjacent leg means which are joined by a slot base which carries a primary locking surface, said first and second opposed spaced surfaces having aligned first and second apertures, respectively, passing therethrough, said leg means of each of said fastening members being shaped to mate in a slot between leg means of the other fastener member, each of said leg means having a secondary locking surface adapted to rest firmly in a fixed abutting relationship with a primary locking surface of the other said fastener member and having a bore passing therethrough which is positioned to align with said first and second apertures in said first and second opposed spaced surfaces of adjacent leg means of the other said fastening member to thereby form a pin channel through all leg means of said first and second fastener members when a leg means of one said fastener member is mated in a slot of the other said fastener member; and b. a locking pin means for extending through said pin channel to thereby hold said first and second fastener members in a fixed immovable relationship.