Patent ID: 6997658
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: B25B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fastener comprising: a shaft defining a shaft's longitudinal centerline; a cam head disposed at one end of the shaft and having a cam's longitudinal centerline that is radially offset to the shaft's longitudinal centerline; a clamp head disposed at an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the cam head and the clamp head are at opposite ends of the shaft; and a radially expandable sleeve having an outside diameter that defines a sleeve's longitudinal centerline, wherein the radially expandable sleeve defines an oblong opening through which the shaft extends, wherein the shaft is radially movable within the oblong opening between a release position and a clamp position, wherein the sleeve's longitudinal centerline is radially offset to the shaft's longitudinal centerline when the shaft is in the release position, wherein the outer diameter of the radially expandable sleeve increases in response to the shaft moving radially from the release position to the clamp position, and wherein the oblong opening, in a radial cross-sectional cut, has an oblong shape when the radially expandable sleeve is unexpanded.