Abstract: A system and method for positioning a tool. The system includes a base member configured to contact a first decking member and a second decking member; at least one base guide including a first end and an opposing second end, the first end coupled to the base member, the at least one base guide configured to position the base member relative to the first decking member and the second decking member; and an adjustable section coupled to the base member, the adjustable section configured to allow adjustment of at least one of a position and an angle of the tool relative to the base member. The system further includes a fastener configured to secure the first and/or second decking members to a joist.

Abstract: A device (H) to be mounted to a friable wall (W) comprises a body (10) and at least one main saber tooth (12) extending rearwardly from an upper portion of the body (10) and adapted to be driven into the wall (W) for securing the device (H) thereto. The main saber tooth (12) is arcuate and has a pointed rear free end (22), and is adapted to be arcuately driven into the wall (W). An arcuate and pointy secondary saber tooth (14) extends rearwardly from a lower portion of the body (10) for insertion into the wall (W) before the main saber tooth (12) is inserted therein. The main saber tooth (12) defines a lower enlarged, and typically flat, load-bearing surface (30) for bearing against material of the wall (W). The main saber tooth (12) includes an upper transversely curved surface (32). A hook member (20) is provided on a front part of the body (10) for suspending items therefrom once the device (H) has been mounted to the wall (W).

Abstract: A method for baffling and/or sealing a vehicle structure by providing a unitary structure including a sealing body with an integrated fastener.

Abstract: A device (H) to be mounted to a friable wall (W) comprises a body (10) and at least one main saber tooth (12) extending rearwardly from an upper portion of the body (10) and adapted to be driven into the wall (W) for securing the device (H) thereto. The main saber tooth (12) is arcuate and has a pointed rear free end (22), and is adapted to be arcuately driven into the wall (W). An arcuate and pointy secondary saber tooth (14) extends rearwardly from a lower portion of the body (10) for insertion into the wall (W) before the main saber tooth (12) is inserted therein. The main saber tooth (12) defines a lower enlarged, and typically flat, load-bearing surface (30) for bearing against material of the wall (W). The main saber tooth (12) includes an upper transversely curved surface (32). A hook member (20) is provided on a front part of the body (10) for suspending items therefrom once the device (H) has been mounted to the wall (W).

Abstract: A connector strip is mechanically pressed into a slot formed in a concrete wall. The connector strip has a distal end with resilient, deformable legs that engage the walls of the slot—when the strip is pressed into the slot the legs deform from a resting position and press against the walls of the slot, preventing the strip from being pulled out of engagement in the slot. The proximal end of the connector strip is defined by transverse retaining arms that retain insulation board against the concrete, and which serve as a surface into which siding and sheetrock may be anchored with nails or screws.

Abstract: An anchor for embedment into a concrete component, has a head via which load is applied to the anchor in use and an anchoring formation provided by at least one leg extending from the head and profiled along an edge thereof so as to lock into the surrounding concrete. The profile is formed by a series of longitudinally spaced formations each of generally saw-toothed shape with a leading edge of each formation inclining towards the head such that on application of a pulling load to the head the leg will lock tighter into the concrete with increasing load.

Abstract: A fastener device includes a fastener member having a planar element and having a cutting member for engaging into a plasterboard, 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 plasterboard. The planar element may include two longitudinal members secured together and having an identical shape. The head may include a board and two panels secured to the board for forming a two-layer structure.

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: Connectors configured for providing composite wall structures with high composite action. In one embodiment, the connectors comprise a body having two spaced-apart sidewalls and a web portion extending therebetween, having a thickness that is less than the diameter or width of the sidewalls in the same dimension. The body also includes a tapered end comprising a single elongate edge or a plurality of spaced-apart edges or pointed ends at one end for facilitating penetration of the connector through layers of the composite wall during manufacture. An orienting protrusion orients the connector at a predetermined depth within the layers of the composite wall during manufacture. One or more structures anchoring anchor the connectors of the invention to layers of structural material placed on opposing sides of an insulation layer of the composite wall.

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: An insulated wall includes first and second spaced apart layers of concrete having a layer of insulating material sandwiched therebetween. Extending through the insulative layer are a plurality of spike connectors having their opposite ends protruding into the two concrete layers and having their central portions extending through the insulating material. On of the opposite ends of the spike connectors is pointed so as to permit it to be punched through the insulative layer. The opposite ends of the spikes each include a holding surface facing at least partially toward the central insulative layer and holding the concrete layers against movement away from the insulative layer. C-shaped connectors may also be used in a similar fashion with hook ends hooked over elongated cables extending within the two concrete layers so as to tie them together.

Abstract: An obliquely collated strip of brads useable in an angled magazine of a fastener driving tool, each brad having a head on one end and a point on an opposite end, the point of each brad of the collated strip of brads having a tip defined by converging first, second and third facets so as to form an edge at an acute angle relative to an axis of the brad, the edge of each brad forming a substantially continuous edge of the collated strip of brads, the head of each brad of the collated strip of brads arranged step-wise relative to the head of an adjacent brad, the step-wise arrangement of heads forming a stepped edge substantially parallel to the substantially continuous edge of the collated strip of brads, the head of each brad of the collated strip of brads being disposed at an angle relative to the axis of the brad, the angle of the head sloping oppositely relative to the angle of the substantially continuous edge of the collated strip of brads.

Abstract: Multi-pronged insulating connectors used in manufacturing insulative composite wall structures. At least a substantial portion of the connector is injection molded in a single step from an appropriate resinous material or moldable plastic. One or more prongs of the connector have a substantially pointed end for facilitating penetration of the connector through an insulating layer and an unhardened structural material, such as concrete. The opposite end, or gripping segment, includes a bridging structure for connecting the multiple prongs together and structure for facilitating gripping of the connector during placement in the insulating layer and first unhardened structural layer. The connectors include structures for helping to anchor the connectors within the structural layers upon hardening.

Abstract: A shoe hook spike to secure a tackless strip against a baseboard on a wall at a floor when installing carpet comprising an elongated flat shank. A component at a first end of the elongated flat shank is for receiving blows from a hammer. A structure at a second end of the elongated flat shank is for guiding the elongated flat shank under the baseboard on the wall. An element on the blow receiving component is for engaging with the tackless strip, to retain the tackless strip against the baseboard on the wall at the floor. An edge of the carpet can be held in place on the tackless strip.

Abstract: A surgical apparatus is disclosed for attaching adjacent end portions of cutaneous body tissue wherein a pair of opposed jaws have means for moving the jaws toward and away from each other. Body tissue engaging means in the form of sharp tip members extend from each jaw and toward the other so as to engage the opposed portions of cutaneous tissue when the jaws are positioned thereagainst and moved toward each other. The jaws and the tips are arranged to cause the cutaneous tissue to assume an irregular shape at the interface whereby an elongated rod-like member, preferably rectangular in cross section, may be directed generally medially of the interface of the tissue to attach the opposed portions to thereby permit healing. The elongated member may have indentations to improve retention within the tissue. A tapered distal end of the elongated member has a pointed tip to facilitate penetration into the tissue.

Abstract: A nail with offset reinforced head, adapted to be formed into a strip of similar collated nails, comprises a nail shank, an integral nail head disposed in an offset relationship with the nail shank, at least one reinforcing ridge member provided integrally on a lower surface of the head and extending from the shank to an edge portion of the head. The ridge member and a lower surface of the head define a recess for receiving an overlapping head portion of a collated nail.

Abstract: A nail containing a predetermined unit weight of metal equivalent to a cylindrical nail having a predetermined diameter and having a shank of regular shape, a point at one end, at least two reduced portions formed in the shank longitudinally parallel to the central axis of the shank, having cross section reduced with respect to such a diameter, and a like plurality of ridges formed between the grooves, planar surfaces lying in planes parallel to one another, and, a head on one end of the nail, and at least two of ridges having ridge crests spaced apart a distance greater than the diameter of the equivalent cylindrical nail.

Abstract: The system comprises a pin (30) including a shaft designed to be inserted in a hole so as to pass through a first element, and to be anchored by an anchoring zone in an associated hole in the second element (10), and a head located opposite the anchoring zone and designed to keep the first element mounted to the second element. The pin (30) has, extending over at least one portion of its shaft, a zone of flexion with a reduced moment of inertia in a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The dimension of the zone of the reduced moment of inertia extending in the direction of relative motion is smaller in transverse section.