Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fastener alignment guide, connector and method
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Application No.: US16081949Application Date: 2017-03-02
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Publication No.: US11608628B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Dean Allen
- Applicant: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Assignee: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.
- Current Assignee: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Agent Charles R. Cypher; James R. Cypher
- Priority: GB1603732 20160303
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/050558 WO 20170302
- International Announcement: WO2017/149309 WO 20170908
- Main IPC: E04B1/38
- IPC: E04B1/38 ; E04B1/41 ; E04B1/26 ; F16B5/06

Abstract:
The present invention provides a fastener alignment guide comprising a generally planar body and an angled element arranged at an acute angle Θ to the body, a first aperture arranged through the angled element and a second aperture arranged through the body, wherein the first aperture and the second apertures are aligned such that a fastener may be inserted progressively through the first and second apertures in use. The present invention also provides a slip-resisting fastener alignment guide comprising a body at least partially arranged in a first plane, the body comprising a first aperture for receiving, in use, at least a portion of a shank of a fastener; and a guidewall extending out of the first plane for guiding the fastener, in use, into the first aperture at an acute angle a to the first plane, wherein the guidewall comprises a first bearing edge or surface upon which an underside of a head of the fastener can bear in use, the body further comprises a second bearing edge or surface upon which the underside of the head of the fastener can bear in use, and the first bearing edge or surface and the second bearing edge or surface are each configured/arranged to resist movement, in use, of the fastener alignment guide relative to the fastener in a first direction parallel to the first plane. The present invention also provides a method of forming the fastener alignment guide and slip-resisting fastener alignment guide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200291640A1 Fastener Alignment Guide, Connector and Method Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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