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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1990
Gerhard Sedlmair, Farchant, DE;
Marker Deutschland GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A screw holding device in which a screw retaining housing is positioned over a base member to which one end of the housing is attached by means of a break-away connection. The top of the housing member has a slot therein extending from the open end of the housing and overlying a corresponding slot in the base member. The device can be used in conjunction with an associated part by inserting screws in holes provided in the part, and sliding the part into the space between the base and the cantilevered housing, the housing admitting the head of the screw, and the base slot its shank. When so positioned, the screw can be driven into still another component by a screwdriver inserted through the slot in the housing top, thereby fastening the base and the part to the component. Thereafter, the housing can be broken off by a force acting on the break-away connection, leaving the space over the base unrestricted.