Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
269 words
A wedge-type fastener comprising: a main body portion having an internally smooth walled interior and open at each end thereof; a screw member having a screw head at one end and a main threaded portion, said head and said threaded portion being mounted in said body portion wherein said main threaded portion is adapted, in a first position, to be subtantially contained within said main body portion, and, in a second position, have a substantial portion of said main threaded portion extend out of one of the open ends of said body portion; a pair of spaced wire elements fixedly mounted at one end in the head of said screw member extending out of the other open end of said main body portion; a spacer loosely disposed between said wire members and having one end extending out of said other open end of said main body portion and its other end retained with said body position between said screw head and said other open end of said main body portion; an opened ended tubing mounted internally of said main body portion having flange means disposed between said other end of said spacer and said screw head, said screw head being keyed to the inner wall of said tubing for rotation therewith and similarly keyed to the inner wall of said main body portion for rotation therewith; an end cap closing off said one end of said main body portion having the main threaded portion of said screw member extending therethrough; and a nut threaded on the portion of said main threaded portion extending out of said main body portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
269 words
A wedge-type fastener comprising: a main body portion having an internally smooth walled interior and open at each end thereof; a screw member having a screw head at one end and a main threaded portion, said head and said threaded portion being mounted in said body portion wherein said main threaded portion is adapted, in a first position, to be subtantially contained within said main body portion, and, in a second position, have a substantial portion of said main threaded portion extend out of one of the open ends of said body portion; a pair of spaced wire elements fixedly mounted at one end in the head of said screw member extending out of the other open end of said main body portion; a spacer loosely disposed between said wire members and having one end extending out of said other open end of said main body portion and its other end retained with said body position between said screw head and said other open end of said main body portion; an opened ended tubing mounted internally of said main body portion having flange means disposed between said other end of said spacer and said screw head, said screw head being keyed to the inner wall of said tubing for rotation therewith and similarly keyed to the inner wall of said main body portion for rotation therewith; an end cap closing off said one end of said main body portion having the main threaded portion of said screw member extending therethrough; and a nut threaded on the portion of said main threaded portion extending out of said main body portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein said main threaded portion is coupled to a smooth walled screw portion extending out of said main body portion and an end cap is fixedly mounted thereon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
In the fastener of claim 1 including a washer mounted within said main body portion between the other end of said spacer and said other open end of said main body portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein said main body portion is hexagonally shaped on the exterior thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein said nut is hexagonally shaped on the exterior thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein said first end cap includes an opening through which said main threaded portion extends, said opening being smooth walled with said threaded portion engaging the same and movable therepast, said end cap abutting against said tubing to thereby hold said tubing in fixed position within said body portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein the inner wall of both said tubing and said main body portion and the outer exterior of said screw head are hexagonally-shaped.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein said flange means includes an integral wall closing off one end of said tubing having an opening therein through which said wire elements extend.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
86 words
In the fastener of claim 1 wherein said wire elements have portions movable into and out of said main body portion when said nut is threaded on said screw and abuts against said one open end of said main body portion preventing thereby said screw head and said tubing from rotating which moves said screw head laterally in said main body portion, said spacer being forced between said wire elements when said wire elements are so moved to wedge the same outwardly away from said spacer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
In the fastener of claim 9 wherein said wire elements have normally abutting abutment surfaces thereon engagable by said spacer forcing said abutment surfaces apart when said elements are so moved.