Patent ID: 6077010
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A wall bolt assembly, comprising:a bolt mount that is connectable to a wall by use of a single circular opening in the wall, said bolt mount comprising a tubular stem having an outside diameter sized for close fit insertion into said circular opening in the wall, and a center opening with an inside diameter; and a bolt receptor having a base portion at one end of the tubular stem, that is against the wall when the tubular stem is within the opening in the wall, and a fence portion projecting from the base portion in a direction opposite the tubular stem, an inner space within said fence portion and at least one radial opening in said fence portion extending radially outwardly from the inner space;a bolt-element retainer having a tubular housing including a tubular sidewall, a closed end, an open end, and at least one radial projection at the open end sized to fit in the radial opening in the fence portion; and a bolt-element inside the bolt-element retainer, said bolt-element having a first end fixed to the closed end of the bolt-element retainer, and a threaded body in the tubular housing extending from the closed end towards the open end, with an annular space being formed within the tubular housing around the threaded body; anda retainer ring adapted to engage the fence portion when the bolt-element retainer is in the inner space and its radial projection is in the radial opening in the fence portion, with a portion of the retainer ring extending over the radial projection, to prevent movement of the bolt-element retainer axially out from said inner space and said radial projection out from said radial opening.