Patent ID: 6789302
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of fastening a first article having an opening already formed in the first article to a second article using a fastener which includes a connecting member and a rotatably mounted member which includes at least one of an external thread, a spline and a row of teeth, the method comprising:securing the fastener to the second article; moving the first article towards the fastener; allowing the rotatably mounted member to penetrate into the opening of the first article; and causing the rotatably mounted member to cut into or self-thread into a surface of the opening of the first article upon movement of the first article towards the fastener, wherein at least one of the external thread, the spline and the row of teeth cut into or self-thread into the surface of the opening upon movement of the first article towards the fastener.