Patent ID: 9267529
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: F16B

Claim Text:
1. A NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE, of the type formed by a punched metal sheet folded onto itself for fixing onto a panel, including at least one arm corresponding to an upper base having a hole for the arrangement of a screwed device, the screwed device having at least one thread, and the nut including at least one other arm corresponding to a lower base which is aligned with an axis of the preceding hole, has another hole for receiving a nut tightening screw, said upper base being provided with incisions which define horizontal connecting portions separated from a body of said upper base and longitudinal connecting portions which form an extension of the horizontal connecting portions and which join together said upper base and said lower base, which has a retaining claw which is designed to facilitate application of a tool for slackening the pressure which the nut applies to the panel to which it is fixed; which has a bottom rear flange, and side stops on said upper base which form an anti-rotation mechanism when the nut tightening screw is tightened on the nut; said bottom rear flange freeing from pressure said upper base during assembly on the panel; and said longitudinal connecting portions are over dimensioned.