Including A Series Of Elements, One Element Restricting Two Fasteners Of A Plurality, And The Remainder Each Restricting One Fastener Patents (Class 411/86)
  • Publication number: 20110038687
    Abstract: A functional element, in particular a bolt element consists of a shaft part and a head part designed for a rivet connection with a panel element, in particular a sheet metal part, with the head part being made hollow and having an outer diameter larger than that of the shaft part, is characterized in that the shaft part merges into the head part by a ring shoulder formed by a convexly rounded and in particular spherical surface such that the convexly rounded surface extends from the shaft part to the at least substantially cylindrical jacket surface of the head part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jiri Babej
  • Patent number: 7241094
    Abstract: A restraint clip for suspending a load-bearing object includes an engaging member having a body defining an engaging member hole, two abutting surfaces, and two non-abutting surfaces; a lock having a lock body with a base defining a lock hole spatially aligned with the engaging member hole, wherein the lock coacts with the engaging member; a fastener extending along a longitudinal axis threadably engaged with the engaging member hole engaged with the lock hole and threadably engaged with a threaded stop hole, whereby the engaging member is adapted to move along the longitudinal axis relative to the fastener when the fastener is rotated about a longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Epic Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Potts, Andrew Park