Patent ID: 6435789
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A self drilling toggle anchor, comprising:an anchor member having a head portion at a proximal end, a locking portion at a distal end, said locking portion having a support projection at said distal end and extending thereto, and a central portion for securely anchoring, hardware to a wall, said central portion defining and bordering a channel disposed between said head portion and locking portion; a drilling member positioned at a distal end of said toggle anchor for drilling through said wall; and a toggle member, said toggle member having a body disposed within said channel of said anchor member, a fitting portion disposed between said body and said drilling member, and upper and lower pairs of shoulders supporting said body within said channel, said body slidably mounted to said anchor member within said channel, said fitting portion adapted to frictionally engage said support projection of said locking portion so as to allow said toggle member to be moved from a releasably locked and fixed first position parallel with a central axis of said channel to a second position orthogonal to said channel.