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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Mark Quintile, Brunswick, OH (US);
Michael Bittner, Ashtabula, OH (US);
Dale Maynard, Mentor, OH (US);
Mark Quintile, Brunswick, OH (US);
Michael Bittner, Ashtabula, OH (US);
Dale Maynard, Mentor, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A frame member fastening device and method of manufacture provides a single configuration fastening device which can be used singly in connection with a frame member, or which can be combined with another identical fastening device to form a fastening device assembly for use with frame members of different internal widths, by interlocking two identical fastening devices in an opposed, base-to-base assembly configuration. The fastening device is manufactured in a progressive metal forming process with successive stages in which the features of the device are formed.