Patents Assigned to Cobra Fixations Cie Ltee-Cobra Ancors Co. Ltd.
  • Patent number: 7587873
    Abstract: An expansion wedge anchor for insertion in a hole delimited by a wall comprises an expander member and an expansion member. The expander member is provided at a leading end of the expansion member. The expander member includes a flaring end, the expansion member being expandable at a trailing end thereof and being adapted to engage the wall of the hole when the expander member is positioned in the hole. Upon longitudinal withdrawal of the expander member from the hole, the expander member displaces longitudinally relative to the expansion member with the flaring end thereof gradually causing the trailing end of the expansion member to expand, whereby a trailing edge of the expansion member engages the wall of the hole. The trailing end is adapted, when expanded by the flaring member, to extend at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of said expander member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Cobra Fixations Cie Ltee-Cobra Ancors Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Mcsherry, Pierre Mcduff