Patent ID: 6193198
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A combination comprising an assembly, a first securing bolt pre-installed in said assembly, a safety cap for said first securing bolt, and a support on which said assembly is to be mounted, wherein:said first securing bolt comprises a bolt head and a bolt shaft, includes a first tool engagement configuration, and is pre-installed in said assembly with one portion of said bolt shaft received in said assembly and another portion of said bolt shaft protruding from said assembly so that said bolt head is spaced away from said assembly;said safety cap is configured and adapted to be removably fitted onto said first securing bolt and includes a first safety cover that is configured and adapted to cover said first tool engagement configuration of said first securing bolt;said support has a first opening therein, which includes a wider opening portion that is large enough to allow said bolt head of said first securing bolt as well as at least a portion of said safety cap to be inserted therein and a narrower opening portion that adjoins said wider opening portion and that has a width which is wide enough to receive said bolt shaft of said first securing bolt extending therethrough and narrow enough to prevent said bolt head of said first securing bolt from passing therethrough; andsaid assembly, said first securing bolt, said safety cap and said support are so configured, arranged and adapted such that said bolt head together with said safety cap fitted onto said first securing bolt can be inserted into said wider opening portion, then said assembly can be moved relative to said support so as to move said bolt shaft into said narrower opening portion, and said safety cap is released from said first securing bolt so that said first safety cover exposes said first tool engagement configuration when said bolt shaft has been moved into said narrower opening portion.