Patent ID: 6361258
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A fastener combination comprising:a fastener for long term use comprising a distal end, a slender intermediate threaded shaft and a headless proximal end with a blunt surface adapted to be flush with one member of a multiple member workpiece, the threads of the shaft covering a substantial part of the length of the shaft, the threads being adapted to threadedly engage and connect the one member and at least another member of the multiple member workpiece; a removable temporary inserter for short term use sized and shaped to be connected to the headless proximal end of the fastener to accommodate tightening of the fastener into the one member and the other member of the workpiece by joint rotation of the fastener and the temporary inserter in one direction and prompt removal of the temporary inserter from the tightened fastener by rotation of the temporary inserter in respect to the fastener in another direction once the fastener is threadedly engaged with the one and other members so that the blunt surface is flush with the workpiece.