Patent ID: 6874985
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A captive nut assembly for securing a plurality of workpieces together comprising: (a) a screw having an elongated shank adapted to be located in an opening of one or more workpieces and terminating at one end in an enlarged head, the shank having a threaded portion adapted to be secured to another workpiece, the head having a driving surface; and (b) a captive nut having a bore through the entire captive nut with a larger diameter portion transitioning to a smaller diameter portion by a step, the smaller diameter portion having a threaded portion adapted to engage the threaded portion of the screw, the captive nut being rotatably mounted on the threaded portion of the screw and moveable along the shank of the screw, the head of the screw being located within the bore of the captive nut.