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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:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert J Frattarola, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Kevin P Lavalley, Parkside, PA (US);
Assignee:
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411432 ; 411173 ; 411353 ; 411999 ;
Abstract
A captive nut having a knob, rotatable about a central longitudinal axis, the knob having an internally threaded longitudinal hole extending at least partially through the knob and a means to facilitate rotation of the knob. Also included is a hollow ferrule having a panel attachment means for attachment of the ferrule to a panel, and a knob captivation means wherein the knob is slidably and rotatably attached to an end of the ferrule such that when the nut is in a fully retracted position, the knob captivation means prevents the ferrule and the knob from separating.