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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theo Thönnes, Darscheid, DE;
Assignee:
Ideal-Standard GmbH, Bonn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 2/300 ;
Abstract
A fastener for use with inch and metric wrenches has a body unitarily formed with at least one screwthread, a pair of concentric faceted tool-fitting regions of different sizes, and a step between the regions. One of the regions corresponds to a metric wrench size and the other of the regions corresponds to an inch wrench size. The screwthread and both regions are coaxial.