Patent ID: 9234538
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A fastener comprising a pin and a body; the pin comprising a radially enlarged pin head at one end and an elongated pin shank protruding therefrom; the body comprising a shell having a radially and axially enlarged shell head at a head end of the shell and an elongated shell shank protruding therefrom, and wherein an underhead contact surface is provided on the shell head; and wherein a bore extends axially throughout the shell head and the shell shank; the body further comprising a first elongate engaging means located within at least part of the bore, the first elongate engaging means having a leading end and a trailing end, the leading end being further away from the head end of the shell than the trailing end is; wherein a second engaging means is located on the exterior of at least part of the pin shank, wherein the pin shank is insertable into the bore of the body from an end of the body remote from the head end of the shell, such that the first elongate engaging means and the second engaging means mutually engage, wherein the underhead contact surface of the shell head is located at an axial level between the leading end of the first elongate engaging means and a midpoint of the first elongate engaging means.