Patent ID: 9587662
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: F16B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for repairing stripped fastener holes in a medium, comprising: a fastener sleeve having an exterior surface, a substantially hollow interior, a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein the fastener sleeve is configured to be selectively shortened to fully fit inside a target fastener hole; wherein the exterior surface and the substantially hollow interior each decrease in width from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the fastener sleeve includes a proximal end section disposed on its proximal end and a plurality of sleeve sections extending sequentially to its distal end; wherein each of the proximal end section and sleeve sections each are separated by a circumferential score configured to enable sections of the fastener sleeve to be snapped off; and wherein the exterior surface of the fastener sleeve includes a plurality of discrete ridges of raised external screw threads.