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Patent No.:

US 12196250 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2022

Fixing device

Applicant:

Rhino Rack Australia Pty Limited, Eastern Creek, AU;

Inventor:

Tarek Alfakhrany, Eastern Creek, AU;

Assignee:

Rhino Rack Australia Pty Limited, Eastern Creek, AU;

Attorneys:

LAW OFFICE OF BILL NAIFEH

BILL NAIFEH

TIMOTHY BLISS

Primary Examiner:

Daniel J Wiley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 7/20 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 7/0493 (2013.01); F16B 7/0433 (2013.01); F16B 7/20 (2013.01); F16B 2200/10 (2018.08); F16B 2200/40 (2018.08);
Abstract

The present invention relates to, in a first aspect, a fixing device comprising an anchor element that is positioned along an axis, the anchor element extending substantially perpendicular thereto, a rotating element arranged perpendicular to and rotatable about the axis, and spaced therealong from the anchor element, and a deployment mechanism, comprising a first deployment portion on the anchor element and a second deployment portion on the rotating element, wherein one of the first and second deployment portions comprise a sloping surface extending at least partway around the axis, and the other is shaped to be able to roll, slide or otherwise move along the sloping surface, the anchor element and rotating element are able to move towards one another along the axis, and the deployment mechanism is adapted to convert movement of the anchor element and rotating element towards one another into helical movement in a first-handed direction along and about the axis. Also provided are a fixing device for fixing an article to a structure, a system comprising a fixing or fastening device, and a method of using a fixing device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Alfakhrany, Tarek. (2025). Fixing device (U.S. Patent No. 12196250). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12196250

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