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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10539171 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2018

Anchor fastener

Applicant:

Good Earth Lighting, Inc., Mount Prospect, IL (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Kowalenko, Inverness, IL (US);

Christopher J. Serak, Mount Prospect, IL (US);

Assignee:

GOOD EARTH LIGHTING, INC., Mount Propect, IL (US);

Attorney:

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Primary Examiner:

Roberta S Delisle

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 13/08 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 25/00 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01); F16B 25/10 (2006.01); F16B 37/12 (2006.01); F21V 21/02 (2006.01); F16B 13/00 (2006.01); F16B 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 13/0891 (2013.01); F16B 13/0825 (2013.01); F16B 21/086 (2013.01); F16B 25/0015 (2013.01); F16B 25/0026 (2013.01); F16B 25/0084 (2013.01); F16B 25/103 (2013.01); F16B 37/045 (2013.01); F16B 37/127 (2013.01); F21V 21/02 (2013.01); F16B 4/004 (2013.01); F16B 13/003 (2013.01); F16B 13/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anchor fastener is described. The anchor fastener includes a head, a generally cylindrical shaft extending from the head, a base at a distal end of the shaft, and at least one frangible portion configured to frangibly connect the shaft to the base. The shaft includes a helical thread that extends along an outer surface of the shaft towards the distal end of the shaft. The frangible portions are separable from the base and the shaft under application of a force to the shaft. The base includes a distal surface and an engagement portion configured to engage an object to be anchored to a mounting surface and configured to hold the anchor fastener to the object before installation of the shaft through the object and into the mounting surface. The base includes a thread guide configured to support the helical thread during installation of the shaft.

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