Torque modifying coating for threaded fasteners

Claim 1

A fastener with an enlarged head and elongated shank including a coating applied to both the undersurface of the head and at least the upper extremity of the elongated shank comprised of a resin carrier chosen from the group consisting of nitrocellulose, acrylic, vinyl chlorinated and alkyd and abrasive grit particles embedded therein, the particles chosen from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, pomice, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, said particles being of a mesh size of 120-600 and having a mean diameter greater than the thickness of the resin carrier to assure contact of said particles with the fastener surfaces and the workpiece with which the fastener is associated, the coating including 3%-10% by weight of said abrasive grit particles, the fastener further including a corrosive resistant layer on the surface thereof beneath the coating wherein the grit particles are stationarily retained in the carrier to maximize the differential between the torque required to drive the fastener and the torque required to strip the fastener in an associated workpiece when the fastener is driven therein.