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Simpson Strong-tie Company Inc.

William Stacy Kepley

G Lyle Habermehl

Troy D Hale

A curved screwstrip comprising in combination a plastic holding strap and a plurality of threaded fasteners. The plastic holding strap has a greater mass in its top half than in its bottom half so that shrinking after extrusion will tend to have the holding strap adopt a preferred curved configuration.

Holding strap for curved screwstrip

A collated screwstrip comprising a plastic holding strip and a plurality of threaded fasteners with the holding strip holding the fasteners in a row in spaced side by side relation. The holding strip comprises a web member extending axially relative the screws and between screws. A reinforcing rib is disposed centrally on a side of the web member outboard of the screws which rib has a constant cross-sectional shape and size throughout the length of the holding strip and has a height less than that of the web member.

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Portland, TN, United States of America

William Stacy Kepley