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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:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward W Cooper, Scarborough, CA;
Peter Dewberry, Scarborough, CA;
Assignee:
Acco World Corporation, Wheeling, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
402 75 ; 24 95 ; 29243521 ; 246 371 ;
Abstract
A multi-element product and the method of making it which product is held together by a rivet. The product includes a hard layer adjacent a compressible soft layer to form a composite. A hole in the hard layer receives an anvil which is urged into the compressible layer. The rivet, which may be carried to its drivable position by a projection, is driven against the anvil to deform the rivet end.