Patent ID: 7641428
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: E05B,F16B

Abstract:
1. A floating tapping plate pocket for retaining a tapping plate to an automotive door pillar such that said tapping plate provides a base for attaching a threaded bolt to the automotive door pillar, the tapping plate having at least one flange and a threaded opening for securing the threaded bolt, the tapping plate pocket comprising: (a) an automotive door pillar having an opening sized and positioned to allow the threaded stem, but not the head, of a bolt to be inserted through the automotive door pillar and secured to the threaded opening of the tapping plate; and (b) at least one tapping plate flange receptacle formed as a pocket shaped cavity on the automotive door pillar, each flange receptacle being shaped to receive and retain a tapping plate flange and to retain the tapping plate within a predefined three-dimensional floating position when the opening within the automotive door pillar and the threaded opening within the tapping plate are aligned such that the threaded stem of a bolt may be inserted from one side of the automotive door pillar through the automotive door pillar into the threaded opening of the floating fastener base on the other side of the automotive door pillar.