Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Twist off tamper-proof fastener
- Patent Title (中): 扭转防拆紧固件
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Application No.: US12284258Application Date: 2008-09-22
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Publication No.: US07934297B2Publication Date: 2011-05-03
- Inventor: Mark Kent Williams , David Joe Williams , Kenneth Garnet Fry
- Applicant: Mark Kent Williams , David Joe Williams , Kenneth Garnet Fry
- Agent William A. Jeckle; Keith S. Bergman
- Main IPC: B65D63/10
- IPC: B65D63/10

Abstract:
A twist off tamper-proof fastener having an elongate flexible strap defining a plurality of parallel adjacent transverse teeth in opposing planar surfaces. First end portion of elongate strap is tapered to a rounded tip for insertion through a “T” slot defined in a dimensionally larger head portion carried at opposing end of the elongate strap. A fixed tooth and plural angulated teeth carried by a flexing arm irremovably engage with the teeth defined in the elongate strap. The head portion is elliptic with opposing spaced apart rounded ends and opposing planar sides to facilitate grasping and twisting by a user, and for identifying indicia. A circumferentially extending notch is defined in the elongate strap immediately adjacent the head portion. Twisting the head portion creates shearing forces that are focused at the circumferential notch breaking the fastener and allowing removal without tools.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100071169A1 Twist off tamper-proof fastener Public/Granted day:2010-03-25
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