Nicholas E Miller

US Patent:

60957360, Aug 1, 2000

Filed:

Oct 28, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/959569

Inventors:

Richard Virgil Miller - North Richland Hill TX
Nicholas Earle Miller - Bedford TX
Roger Kent Miller - Bedford TX

Assignee:

Nissi Industrial Technology, Inc. - Forth Worth TX

International Classification:

F16B 2118

US Classification:

411352

Abstract:

A small, compact, self-contained fastener. The fastener has a cylindrical housing of which one of the embodiments has threads located on its exterior for releasably securing the housing to a one of the two objects being fastened. Inside the housing is located a cooperating member which extends in the axial direction of the housing. The cooperating member is movable between an engaged position in which the cooperating member engages the second object and a dis-engaged position in which the cooperating member does not engage the second object. The cooperating member has a cooperating member stop shoulder opposed to the housing stop shoulder and adapted to mate with the housing stop shoulder when the cooperating member is in the engaged position. When the cooperating member is in the engaged position, the cooperating member can retain the second object at a selected position with respect to the first object. The second object can be released by moving the cooperating member from the engaged to the dis-engaged position.