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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore J. Sweeney, Jr., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/128 ; B60J 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/128 ; B60J 1/02 ;
Abstract
A self-dispensing fastener for attachment to a substrate by a quick-setting photocuring adhesive has a UV transparent flange for placement against the substrate and UV opaque adhesive reservoir for containing the adhesive in the fastener, and upon pressing the fastener against the substrate the adhesive is expelled into the interface formed between the flange and the substrate for curing by UV radiation.