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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:
The Hillman Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Hamid Faghidi, Ontario, CA;
Nalinikanth Garikapati, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael Martin Hicks, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC., Forest Park, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 13/12 (2006.01); E04B 1/74 (2006.01); F16B 13/04 (2006.01); F16B 13/06 (2006.01); F16B 29/00 (2006.01); F16B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 29/00 (2013.01); E04B 1/74 (2013.01); F16B 13/04 (2013.01); F16B 13/063 (2013.01); F16B 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An anchor for wallboard installation includes an elongated anchor body including a driving end and a wall boring end. The anchor body has a main body portion running from the driving end toward the wall boring end. The wall boring end includes a plurality of axially cutting extending teeth. The anchor body includes an internal bore and diametrically opposed slots to facilitate split of an end portion of the anchor body when the anchor is installed in a wall and a fastener is inserted for mounting an object.