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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:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert J Frattarola, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Assignee:
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411352 ; 411107 ; 411970 ; 411999 ;
Abstract
A fully retractable captive screw that is low profile, having a snap-in feature allowing for installation of the device into a hole on a panel, by hand, without the need for separate tools. The fully retractable captive screw has a screw, a knob with a screwdriver recess on top, a cylindrical ferrule with attached snap-in mechanism, and a spring that causes the screw to retract into the ferrule when the screw is not engaged.