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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.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
May. 29, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph S Lanham, Lexington, KY (US);
Neal R Bruckner, Georgetown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Hoover Universal, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403388 ; 403408 ;
Abstract
A joint for securing a tubular member to a support member comprises a pair of extruded holes in the sidewall of the tubular member opposite each other, a hole in the support member, the tubular member being disposed against the support member with the extruded holes in alignment with the hole in the support member, and a self-tapping fastener engaging the support member and passing through the hole therein to threadedly engage both extruded holes, the threaded fastener having cut complementary threads in both extruded holes during fastening.