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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. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Willis J. Mullet, Pensacola Beach, FL (US);
Albert W. Mitchell, Pace, FL (US);
Willis J. Mullet, Pensacola Beach, FL (US);
Albert W. Mitchell, Pace, FL (US);
Wayne-Dalton Corp., Mt. Hope, OH (US);
Abstract
A secure connection () of a component to a sheet material including, an extent of thin sheet metal () having an attaching surface (), a component () having a mating surface () abutting the attaching surface, an aperture () in the mating surface, and a tapping screw () threaded in the aperture and penetrating the attaching surface, the aperture sized relative to the size of the screw as a function of the thickness of the component, whereby the tapping screw has portions of the sheet metal clamped between the tapping screw and the component for establishing retentive forces between the component and the sheet-metal material.
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