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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:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
James T Ligon, Jr, Almont, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ligon Brothers Mfg. Co., Almont, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
248544 ; 2482053 ;
Abstract
A starting and reinforcing tab or plate for fasteners, especially suitable in reference to automobile bodies and trim, comprising a thin walled support plate having a plurality of upper surface upsets or indentations and an adhesive lower surface with a release sheet for activation and exposure of the mastic, and together providing a reinforcing element selectively locatable to steady a drill point for selected penetration of the reinforcing plate and the material to which the tab is applied and enhancing the grip of fasteners drawing the intermediate elements into a compression relationship.