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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
William L. Gabriel, Barrington, IL (US);
Zafar I Ali, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Alvis H. Ferrell, Brighton, TN (US);
Daniel P. Mcdonald, Palatine, IL (US);
James W. Robinson, Mundelein, IL (US);
Donald E. Bergstrom, Lake Villa, IL (US);
William L. Gabriel, Barrington, IL (US);
Zafar I Ali, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Alvis H. Ferrell, Brighton, TN (US);
Daniel P. McDonald, Palatine, IL (US);
James W. Robinson, Mundelein, IL (US);
Donald E. Bergstrom, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A full-round head nail having an offset head is configured with a gusset formed integrally between an undersurface of the offset head and a superior portion of a shank. The head of the nail is relatively thin, and the shank is positioned radially off center of the round head such that no heel is formed at a point tangential to both the head and the shank. The gusset has a lofted surface tapering radially from a roundness at the zero heel to a taper at the toe. The gusset reinforces the junction of the shank with the head, supports the toe of the head, and distributes the force of a load on the head through a longitudinal axis of the shank, preventing the toe from bending or yielding and prevents the shank from yielding to the stresses of the load applied.