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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp., Danboro, PA (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan Brunk, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp., Danboro, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/01 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 37/06 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/01 (2013.01); F16B 37/048 (2013.01); F16B 37/068 (2013.01); F16B 15/0023 (2013.01); F16B 2015/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-piercing fastener having a planar base plate with a top, a bottom, and a peripheral edge. A plurality of prongs are fixed to the peripheral edge and extend downward past the bottom of the baseplate. Each of the prongs has a central axis and an arrowhead-shaped barb fixed to a distal end. Each barb has opposed front edges extending from the tip, and opposed back edges oriented at a reverse acute angle relative to the central axis of the prong. Each barb is adapted to fixedly embed in the interior of a panel to which the fastener is affixed.