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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Harold A. Ladouceur, Livonia, MI (US);
Inventor:
Harold A. Ladouceur, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whitesell International Corporation, Taylor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A torque resistant self-attaching fastener having a tubular barrel portion and a radial flange portion including a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections each having opposed planar generally radial side faces with the outer surface of the radial flange between the radial projections having a greater circumferential width than a circumferential width of the radial projections and a radial length less than the circumferential width. The side faces may be aligned with a radius, the side faces may be parallel or the side faces of adjacent radial projections may be parallel.