Patent ID: 7686552
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: E04F,E06B,F16B

Abstract:
1. A fixing device anchored in an undercut drilled hole drilled only partially into an undercut portion of a panel, the fixing device comprising: an anchor bolt comprising fixing means for fixing the panel to a supporting structure, and an anchoring zone having a portion that widens in cross-section in a direction of insertion and in correspondence with the undercut portion, and a covering of a resilient plastics material that covers the anchoring zone and has a thickness and resiliency such that when the fixing device is anchored within the undercut portion, the covering permits inclination of the anchor bolt relative to the undercut portion of about ten degrees in response to transverse forces, wherein an outermost cross-sectional dimension of the resilient material is less than an innermost cross-sectional dimension of the undercut hole.