Patents Assigned to Powers Fasteners
  • Patent number: 6435789
    Abstract: A self drilling toggle anchor including an anchor member having a head portion at a proximal end, a locking portion at a distal end and a central portion for securely anchoring hardware to a wall, where the central portion defines and borders a channel between the head portion and locking portion. The toggle anchor also includes a drilling member positioned at a distal end of the toggle anchor for drilling through the wall and a toggle member. The toggle member includes a body disposed within the channel of the anchor member, a fitting portion disposed between the body and the drilling member, and upper and lower pairs of shoulders supporting the body within the channel. The body is slidably mounted to the anchor member within the channel and the fitting portion is adapted to releasably engage the locking portion allowing the toggle member to be movable from a releasably locked and fixed first position parallel with a longitudinal axis of the channel to a second position orthogonal to the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Powers Fasteners
    Inventor: Paul Gaudron
  • Patent number: D472783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Powers Fasteners, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Gaudron
  • Patent number: D481001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Powers Fasteners, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Gaudron