Abstract: A cleat is provided. The cleat includes, but is not limited to, a head, a shank, and a vertical slot formed through the head and a portion of the shank. The shank is connected to the head and has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative to said wide portion.

Abstract: A corrugated-typed fastener configured to couple a first substrate to a second substrate includes a bridge and a plurality of ribs, the ribs having a plurality of flutes. The flutes, and possibly the ribs, may be angled inwardly to form an apex disposed within the width of the fastener and pointing towards a center of the fastener. The ribs may extend outward from the bridge towards opposing ends of the fastener, and the ends may be at a different height than the bridge when viewing the fastener from the side. Alternatively, the ends may be at the same height as the bridge and also may be generally centered on the height of the fastener.

Abstract: A cleat is provided, including a head and a shank connected to the head. The shank has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative to the wide portion.

Abstract: Fastener assemblies, elements for fastener assemblies and methods of making and assembling elements for fastener assemblies, for example for insulation blanket fasteners such as those used on aircraft, may include a formed monolithic metal configuration having first and second side portions with a plurality of panel retaining elements arranged linearly along the side portions. A planar retaining element, for example a disc, may be assembled with the metal portion to form a fastener assembly, such as may be used to retain and insulation blanket. The planar retaining element may include a rolled edge, and if a coated part, may include surface projections to keep adjacent parts from sticking together during the coating process.

Abstract: A corner-cut corrugated fastener in accordance with the principles of the invention includes one or more features to facilitate fastening corner joints. The corrugated fastener includes a corrugated body member having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge. The corrugated body member may have a notch along the trailing edge, or chamfers at opposing ends of the leading edge, or both a notch along the trailing edge and chamfers at opposing ends of the leading edge. Additionally or alternatively, the corrugated body member may include a corrugation that extends a full length of each lateral edge extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge in order to provide enhanced strength.

Abstract: A fastener device includes a fastener member having a planar element and having a cutting member for engaging into a board, and one or more teeth formed on the planar element, one or more reinforcing ribs extended from the planar element for reinforcing the planar element, and a head formed on top of the planar element for being engaged with driving tools and for limiting the engagement of the fastener member into the board. The planar element may include two panels foldable relative to an intermediate board for forming the head and for forming a two-layer structure for the head, and may include one or two longitudinal members extended from the panels.

Abstract: A fastener device includes a fastener member having a planar element and having a tip for engaging into a plasterboard, and an anchoring device having one or more teeth formed on the planar element for engaging with the plasterboard and for preventing the fastener member from being disengaged from the plasterboard. A cutting member is disposed between the planar element and the tip for facilitating an engagement of the fastener member into the plasterboard. The planar element may include one or more reinforcing ribs for reinforcing the fastener member, and an enlarged head for limiting an engagement of the fastener member into the plasterboard.

Abstract: A metal piercing fastener having an elongated flat body having first and second surfaces with a heat at one end and a piercing point at the other. The thickness dimension of the flat body is greater proximate the head proximate the point. The first and second surfaces of the body are devoid of protrusions extending outwardly therefrom.

Abstract: A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrates through framing members and the teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail with a spring member that deforms as the nail penetrates through framing members engages with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A self-locking nail having two members that move relative to one another when penetrating through framing members fastens the framing members together.

Abstract: An upholstery tack strip includes a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of the ribbon. The sleeve includes at least one, and possibly a pair of, lengthwise removed strip section(s) so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface of the metal ribbon. The metal ribbon integrally includes nail sections which protrude outwardly from said tack strip. At least one, and preferably both, lateral edges of the metal ribbon are knurled or serrated so as to assist in anchoring the ribbon to the sleeve.

Abstract: A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrates through framing members and the teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail with a spring member that deforms as the nail penetrates through framing members engages with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A self-locking nail having two members that move relative to one another when penetrating through framing members fastens the framing members together.

Abstract: A fastener for securing a drywall work piece to a metal substrate. The fastener includes an elongated flat body carrying a securing member and having a driving head disposed at a substantially right angle to the elongated flat body. The driving head defines a bore therein surrounded by a downwardly directed flange having a distal cutting edge which cuts the top paper laminate of the drywall allowing the head to countersink into the drywall without damaging the top paper laminate.

Abstract: A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrates through framing members and the teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail with a spring member that deforms as the nail penetrates through framing members engages with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A self-locking nail having two members that move relative to one another when penetrating through framing members fastens the framing members together.

Abstract: A metal piercing fastener for securing a light gauge sheet metal layer to metal/non-metal substrate layer(s) includes an elongated metal body having a crown at one end a sharpened and hardened tip at the other end defining a rigid metal penetrating region. The crown receives an impact blow from a tool for driving the rigid metal penetrating tip region in the substrates to be fastened. The metal body is equipped with one or more resilient tines each twisted at the base around its longitudinal axis and which can be integral or coupled to the metal body to optimize the gripping and clamping capability of the metal piercing fastener. The resilient tine may be equipped with protruding gripping and clamping elements on each side or with ribs on one of its outer surfaces to provide spring action gripping and clamping capability during fastening. The resilient tine is capable of deflection to conform to the physical constraints of the pierced substrate opening when passing through the pierced opening.

Abstract: A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrates through framing members and the teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail with a spring member that deforms as the nail penetrates through framing members engages with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A self-locking nail having two members that move relative to one another when penetrating through framing members fastens the framing members together.

Abstract: An improved sleeve for insulating a tacking strip from materials applied to furniture products. The sleeve covers and encompasses the entire tacking strip with the exception of a central corridor through which tacks from the strip extend. The sleeve slides over the tacking strip and includes a flexible flange graduated in thickness on either side of a central corridor left open by the sleeve. The sleeve is installed around the tacking strip by a lateral displacement of the sleeve over the strip causing the graduated flanges to deform slightly upon contact with each tack along the central corridor. Due to the deforming properties of the flange, resistance on each tack is small enough that insertion of the sleeve over the tacking strip not hindered yet sufficient to prevent further lateral displacement of the sleeve once it is installed around the tacking strip.

Abstract: The push-pins of the present invention are defined by at least one pin section and an integral, at least partially corrugated finger grasping section, and are formed from a single piece of rigid material. Methods for the production of such push-pins include providing a piece of substantially flat rigid material and a press, and employing the press to stamp portions of the material to create a plurality of push-pins therefrom.

Abstract: The anti-splitting device of the present invention has a central-web portion and a pair of end web portions, which are joined adjacent to their midpoints to opposite ends of the central web portion to provide the device with generally I-shaped cross-sectional configurations. The web portions have first side edges tapered to define a cutting edge and second side edges serving to define a planar driven surface disposed parallel to the cutting edge. And on the central web portion are at least two projections to upstand from driven surface. The projections are adapted to removably attach the device to a driver employed to insert the device into a log. The driver of the present invention is preferably in the form of a manually operational hammer having a planar driver surface of circular plan form configuration and a circular groove that has an outer diameter equidistant and an inner diameter equidistant from a given fixed point, the center of the planar driving surface.

Abstract: A heat sink is formed from a base component and a clamping component. The base component and clamping component include a locking groove and a tab for insertion into the locking groove. The clamping component includes at least one clamping leg. The base component includes a surface. The clamping leg is designed to snap over the surface to couple the two components together and capture between them in heat conducting relationship with at least one of the components at least one device which evolves heat during its operation.

Abstract: A cost-effective fastener of the driven type used in strip nail or magazine fed nailing machines with specific useful features for securing laminate flooring. Generally, the fastener has a thickness of between about 0.035 inch and 0.050 inch. The fastener has a shank of rectangular cross-section with a score formed in one side. The score reduces the size of dimples cause by driving the fastener into the flooring. The score also provides for quick identification of the fastener and facilitates removal of the fastener's head.

Abstract: A tack for holding soft thin membrane-like materials such as roof shingles, roofing felt, or house wrap is produced in collated strips from a stock of band sheet metal. Each tack has a head and a shank lanced out of the head and bent out to leave behind a slot in the head. The shank of a given tack nests within the slot of an adjacent tack in a side by side relationship for collating in strips for use in a tacker tool. The production of the collated strips of tacks includes a progressive punch press operation wherein the stock of band sheet metal is indexed incrementally therethrough in a given indexing direction. At the extreme end of the progressive punch press operation, a completed tack is advanced to and through a collating operation in a given collating direction. In one example, the indexing direction and collating direction are arranged 135.degree. apart.

Abstract: A sleeve (1) for guiding, deflecting and holding nail (2), having a sleeve body (3), a deflection opening (4) in sleeve body (3) and a guide (5) which extends into the deflection opening (4), and a process for producing such a sleeve (1). To simplify the production process and to reduce production costs of sleeve (1), it is provided, according to preferred embodiments of the invention, that the sleeve body (3) is formed of a rolled section of a flat material, preferably, a rolled sheet-metal strip.

Abstract: A device for connecting separate material pieces which are disposed in abutting relationship to each other and which includes a thin planar body having side portions adapted to respectively extend into open-ended slots provided on each of the abutting surfaces of the material pieces in which a pocket construction is provided for a stiffening member which is separate and apart from the device body.

Abstract: Laminar joining staple formed of a rectangular metallic plate having a cutting edge along one side and at least two ridges arranged symmetrically with respect to the centerline plane of the plate, in which the two ridges include portions which diverge, with respect to the centerline plane, toward the cutting edge.

Abstract: An improved curb section of precast concrete subdivided into modules by transverse grooves which give the appearance of shorter blocks and provide for fracturing the curb section at those locations. Each module of the curb section has a rearward T-shaped projection. L-shaped projection is formed at each end module of the curb section in proximity to the end face so that L-shaped projections of adjacent curb section form a projection equivalent to a T-shaped projection. T-shaped projections and an adjacent pair of L-shaped projections are anchored by sliding a channel-shaped anchor element which engages the projections and has a V-shaped lower end to penetrate the pavement or ground. The modules of the curb section can be of rectangular shape or tapered thereby defining rectilinear elongated curb sections or curved elongated curb sections which can be fastened adjacent to one another.

Abstract: A generally I-shaped, plastic anti-splitting device is provided with projections serving to removably attach the device to a driver, such as a manually operated hammer.

Abstract: Sheet metal fasteners and/or washers of the type which are used to fasten membranes to cementitious materials of a type such as utilized in roofing wherein the fasteners are treated to provide a corrosion resistant coating to the washers and those portions of the fasteners not inserted into the cementitious material.

Abstract: A dartboard has bed-defining members which are held in position by prongs made from sheet material. The prongs may be formed into a U-shape and be adapted to straddle a bed-defining member or they may be made in one piece with a bed-defining member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fixing pegs suitable for being implanted in a friable material such as expanded polystyrene, for example. The peg comprises at least one tab (1-3) made from a thin plate and having a pointed first end (11-13). A head (15) fixed to the second end of the tab(s) is larger in section than the tabs. A closed pouch (20) capable of being punctured and suitable for containing glue co-operates with pouch-puncturing means (21) associated with the tab and pouch-maintaining means (22, 23) co-operating with the tab in such a manner that when thrust is applied to the pouch in a direction including a component directed substantially away from the pointed end of the tab towards the head, then the pouch is punctured and the glue can run over at least a portion of the wall of the tab.

Abstract: A fastener for use in porous granular or other easily penetratable material includes as a first element a guide element in the form of a flat plate having opposite faces and at least one guide slot which is open along the opposite faces of the plate and which has an open end at an edge of the plate, the slot being at least partially curved along its length. The fastener also includes a material-gripping element in the form of a blade which has a width greater than the thickness of the plate and which is insertable into the slot, the blade having opposite sides which are engaged by and guided by opposite edges of the slot along the entire length of the blade when the blade is inserted into the slot. The blade is deformed by the edges of the slot so as to correspond to the shape of the slot.

Abstract: A fastening clip for use in wooden deck construction and the like comprises a rectangular strip of galvanized steel having a stamped-out central portion forming a perpendicular shank terminating in a parallel arrowhead-like end for piercing the edge of a wooden plank. Nailing or screwing holes are provided in the strip on either side of stamped-out portion.

Abstract: A stack of fasteners cooperatively define a lateral groove which cooperates with an elongate rib to orient the stack in a magazine of a driving machine.

Abstract: A fastener for wood comprising a metallic lamella having a length which is substantially parallel to the direction the fastener is driven into the wood, and having a protuberance on the back of the lamella which protuberance extends, at the most, across the whole width of the lamella and in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the lamella. A plurality of such fasteners arranged in the magazine of a distribution device position themselves correctly owing to the protuberances.

Abstract: An automotive panel bracket 10 is formed from a strip having a central fold line 22 forming a double-walled stand-off 15 between a pair of base portions 11 and 12 interconnected with an automotive panel 20. A pair of confronting semi-cylindrical grooves 17 and 18 in double walled stand-off 15 form a generally cylindrical pilot hole 16 guiding a fastener 25 that extends through panel 20, through pilot hole 16 in stand-off 15, and into an automotive body 30 to which panel 20 is secured.

Abstract: The present invention is a fastener system and method of using a fastener for removably securing bar grilles in window and door frames. A fastener having a tip or point at one end is inserted between a glass and a frame. The fastener has a pair of fins extending substantially perpendicularly from one surface and away from the glass. When appropriate mechanical forces are applied, the fins are bendable toward each other and have a tendency to return to their approximate original position after the forces are released. A slot is provided in the surface of a bar grille which comes into contact with the glass. The bar grille is snapped on the fastener so that the fins are forced toward each other as they enter the slot and are hooked into position as the fins return to their approximate original position. The bar grille may be removed by pulling on the grille so that fins disengage from the slot.

Abstract: A sheet metal nail of the type for securing built-up roofing membranes used to waterproof cementitious roof decks has a head and a hollow shank portion integral therewith and designed to resist withdrawal of the nail from the deck in a conventional manner, the head however being of larger diameter than the head of the conventional nail used for this purpose and further having a design which allows the fluid asphalt conventionally poured over the nail during construction of the roofing membrane to bond the portion of the membrane beneath the head and thereby increase the wind uplift resistance of the roofing membrane. The nail is preferably of "one piece" construction formed from a sheet metal blank.

Abstract: A fastener for securing built-up roofing membranes used to waterproof cementitious roof decks combines the conventional nail used for this purpose having a head and a shank portion designed to resist withdrawal of the fastener from the deck, with a non-integral tab penetrated by the shank of the nail and of larger diameter than the nail head, the tab having a design which allows the fluid asphalt conventionally poured over the nail during construction of the roofing membrane to bond the portion of the membrane beneath the tab and thereby increase the wind uplift resistance of the covering material. Removability of the tab allows its detachment in applications where increased uplift resistance is unnecessary.

Abstract: An attachment means for mounting decorative borders consisting of at least two identical nail-like parts, each part having an elongated section, one end of which gradually narrows and the other end of which forms a member having two trapezoidal-shaped heads. The trapezoidal head parts are separated by a V-shaped notch and are bent at an approximate right angle relative to the elongated section of the part so that the head forms two protruding teeth. The elongated section has a longitudinal bend and a slot which coincides with the bend. The bend, the width of the elongated section, and the width of the slot are mutually matched so that the elongated section of one part can be inserted with a friction fit into the slot of an identical other part. When using the attachment means the elongated section of one part is inserted with friction fit into a pre-bored hole and the teeth are pushed into a border which is then affixed.

Abstract: An improved corrugated staple or fastener for joining together wood members such as wood chords to form a joist-like wood beam. The staple, which is made of sheet metal, has corrugations oriented at three different angles relative to a reference line such as the edge of the staple which is to be inserted into the wood members. The corrugations which are oriented at the first and second angles pull the wood chord members toward each other and when the joist-like beam is subjected to loading, the orientation of the first and second corrugations compresses the wood chords toward each other and increases friction between the chords. The third corrugation is oriented so that when the staple is inserted into the wood chords, the fibers of the wood are temporarily displaced and thereafter move back toward their original position to resist any tendency of the staple to pull out of the chords. The third corrugation also increases the resistance of the staple to horizontal shear forces or bending.

Abstract: An open ended tubular body member has a continuous defining side wall formed of rigid sheet material of high tensile strength. This body member is arranged to be driven into the end of a wood pole longitudinally with the grain. The side wall is contoured to have a plurality of adjoining wall portions with adjacent ones of the wall portions being disposed angularly relative to each other and each arranged to intersect the growth rings of the wood in a diagonal direction. The device resists radial checking of the pole due to aging of the pole or moisture changes and also reinforces the pole whereby mounting bolts for brackets or cross arms are arranged to have a positive securement to a pole.

Abstract: A fastener having an integral head and shank which are formed from a strip of sheet metal of indeterminate length in which the head is formed by slitting and compressing a section from one edge of the sheet material to provide a split head having two substantially similar halves with at least a portion of each half being generally perpendicular to the shank and with at least a portion of the head being thicker than one-half of the thickness of the sheet material and in which the forming of the head causes a slot in the upper surface of the head which is less than one-third the thickness of the sheet material.

Abstract: A two-piece sheet metal nail (10) comprising a one-piece shank portion (12) and a one-piece head portion (14) which may be quickly and manually assembled without the requirement for specialized tools is provided. The shank portion (12) includes a pair of oppositely extending wing members (32 and 34) adapted to cooperate with a pair of tabs (46 and 48) provided on the head portion (14) to self-lockingly assemble the shank portion (12) to the head portion (14).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fastening device for driving into building material, the device consisting of one or more elongate V profiles whose shanks, in the vicinity of the forward, penetrating end of the profiles are outwardly relieved or bevelled such that building material, on driving of the device into the material, is trapped between the shanks and forces them apart. A tip at the forward end of the profile is designed such that, on being driven in, it moves in the driving-in direction.

Abstract: A clip for securing planar members, such as tongue and groove pine boards, panel boards and flooring, to wooden supports, such as furring strips. The clip is formed from a metal plate and has first and second portions struck out from the plate. The first and second portions both extend outwardly from the plate in the same direction. The first portion is angularly bent so as to form an L-shaped finger member capable of engaging a peripheral edge of the planar member to be secured to the furring strip. The second portion has a free pointed end and is angularly bent so that it can be driven back across the plane in which the plate lies and then driven into the wooden support member to which the planar member is to be secured.

Abstract: A fastener for attaching a panel of insulating material to the inner surface of a metallic wall structure. The fastener consists of a prong-type member having one end mounted onto the inner wall surface of the wall structure and adapted to have its opposite free end penetrated through a panel of insulating material with such free end cooperating with a locking plate positioned exteriorly of the panel of insulating material for securing the same onto the wall structure.