Patent ID: 9364055
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A44C

Claim Text:
1. A nut carrier for a body piercing instrument, comprising: an upper nut holder slot for holding a nut, the nut for receiving a post piercing a body part with the body piercing instrument; a lower coupling recess having a cylindrical recess for receiving a cylindrical end of a nut carrier coupling of the body piercing instrument, the cylindrical recess of the lower coupling recess having a vertical feature on an end plane of the cylindrical recess and the cylindrical end of the nut carrier coupling having a mating vertical feature cut into a mating end plane of the cylindrical end for engaging the vertical feature of the lower coupling recess to prevent rotation between the nut carrier and the nut carrier coupling; and opposing spring fingers disposed on opposite sides of the lower coupling recess for engaging over a widest dimension of the cylindrical end of the body piercing instrument to temporarily secure the nut carrier to the nut carrier coupling; wherein the nut carrier is a unitary piece.